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Sports & Recreation Minister Kofi Adams has dismissed reports that Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has gone unpaid for nine months, insisting the government owes him only 50% of his salary.
Recent claims suggested the German-born coach was owed his full monthly wage of $50,000, but Adams says half of that amount was already paid at the start of the year, in line with his contract.
Speaking on the issue in an interview with Channel One Sports on Friday, December 19, 2025, the Minister admitted there are outstanding payments to several national team coaches but said steps are being taken to streamline the process.
“That’s true, we owed a number of the coaches and we are looking for a structured system for payment of the coaches. In the past, before I became minister, some of these coaches, especially the coach, the expatriate coaches of the women’s national team was paid from the sponsorship fund that goes to the FA.
According to Adams, the funding arrangement has since changed, placing full responsibility on government, with approval now secured from the Ministry of Finance.
“That has since changed now, all that has been offloaded onto government and so we have submitted the details. The finance minister has since approved for the payments and the payments, even per the contract, is supposed to be in arrears.”
