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Black Stars Receive $20,000 Appearance Fee For AFCON

Ghana Football Association (GFA) has paid Black Stars players US$20,000 each for participating at the 2021 African Cup of Nations tournament in Cameroon.

Spokesperson for Ghana Football Association(GFA), Henry Asante Twum confirmed the news, as he also explained that the aforementioned amount was the only money paid to the players, and thus they did not earn any winning bonus due to Ghana exiting the competition without a win.

Twum said, “The players were paid $20,000 as appearance fee, they didn’t earn any bonus because they did not win a single game.”

The Black Stars failed to qualify from Group C where they were drawn with Morocco, Gabon, and Comoros.

They lost to Morocco, drew 1-1 with Gabon before losing to Comoros 3-2 to exit the tournament, and coach Milovan Rajevac was fired.

Currently, the FA are in search of a replacement as former Tottenham and Newcastle coach, Chris Hughton is said to be leading the race.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.