The Ministry of Sports and Recreation led by Hon. Kofi Iddie Adams has been able to spearhead the clearance of all outstanding salary arrears owed to both current and former coaches of the Black Stars, fulfilling a financial obligation that had remained unsettled since 2020.

The settlement follows a comprehensive audit and coordination effort between state agencies, led by the Minister for Sports and Recreation. Coaches who served across different periods, some no longer in their roles, have now been paid in full for the time owed.

According to close sources, documents that have records of every arrears and subsequent payments show that coach Charles Kwablah Akonnor, popularly known as CK Akonnor, who led the Black Stars team as head coach from January 2020 to September 2021, was the biggest beneficiary of the pay-out, receiving $120,000 in back pay. His assistant, David Duncan, also received $40,000.

Chris Hughton, who was sacked following Ghana's poor outing at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations staged in Côte d'Ivoire, which was played in January 2024, received $68,904 in owed salaries and sign-on fees, whilst  his able assistants, George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani, received $20,833 and $12,500 as owed sign-on fees respectively.

The current coaching staff led by Otto Addo, who have been in charge since March 2024, had also not been paid salaries since October 2024 which indicates the period of eight(8) months.