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Sports Minister Hon. Nii Lantey Vanderpujye his hinted his plans to change the norm of paying winning bonuses to the various National teams.
 
The former GBC Sports Broadcaster wants to abolish winning bonuses and introduce the payment of qualification bonuses.

The Black Stars for some time have been enjoying wining bonuses of $10,000 in every victory recorded, a situation which raised calls for the monies to be reduced to $8,000 for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mozambique.

The Ministry have struggled to cough out the huge sums of monies to the Senior National team (Black Stars) which is clearly rated above all the Sporting disciplines in the country.

Nii Lantey Vanderpuje during a meeting with the Ghana weightlifting team revealed his plans to eliminate winning bonuses among the various national teams.

“I know some of you are having lingering thoughts as to what compensation you will receive for qualifying for the Olympics,” the minister told the weightlifters sealed qualification to the Rio Olympics last week.

“I just want to say it on record that the principle is we don’t pay bonuses for qualification it is when you have qualified for the competition that we take care of it.

“The truth of the matter is a bad precedent has been set in the past with football and that we hope to change and we shall change it.

“Because if footballers play qualification for AFCON and are paid bonuses then athletes and weightlifters who qualify for the Olympics are also due bonuses and it should be the same for everybody.”

The Black Stars are expected to touch down to prepare for their upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda and Mauritius.