The President of Ghana, John Mahama has announced that the Ghana
National Petroleum Corporation will pay each Black Stars player
US$25,000 for achieving a silver medal feat at the 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations.
The amount will be added to the US$50,000 bonus package each player
bagged for reaching the final of the final of the continental
tournament.
“GNPC has asked me to announce to you that each of you will be
receiving US$25,000,” Mahama said during a breakfast meeting with the
players at the Flagstaff House in Accra on Tuesday.
The Black Stars, who arrived from Bata on Monday, settled for silver
at the Equatorial Guinea 2015 after losing 9-8 on penalties to Ivory
Coast in the final of the competition.
It was Ghana’s second AFCON final in five years after losing to Egypt in the final of the Angola 2010 tournament.
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