Black Stars Players Receive $35,000 Qualification Bonus Each
Ghana players have been paid US$ 35,000 each for advancing to the last eight of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Black Stars booked their place as Group B leaders after a comprehensive 3-0 win over Niger on Monday night in Port Elizabeth.
�The bonuses were paid at 10:30 pm last night and you can see that is why the players are happy,� Ghana FA spokesperson Ibrahim Daara-Sannie confirmed at Tuesday�s press conference.
Ghana FA Executive Committee member Emmanuel Kyeremeh further explained the mechanism for paying bonuses.
�The budget management submitted to the Ministry was approved and we also agreed the qualifying bonus with the players. We actually didn�t base it on matches,� Kyeremeh said.
�If we had not qualified yesterday, then we were not going to pay any bonus.�
Ghana finished with 7 points, three more than second-placed Mali and set-up a showdown with high-flying Cape Verde.
The Black Stars beat the the Blue Sharks 1-0 in an international friendly in Portugal two months ago.