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Saving Cedi: No more dollars for Black Stars and national teams?

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  • koo 10 years ago

    Finish,why dollars?

  • GEORGE 10 years ago

    Why even pay players in dollars? in as much as we love football I believe the players are Ghanaians and should be paid in dollars. The only problems here will be if FIFA or CAF pays in dollars then in which currency should th ...
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  • Kman 10 years ago

    Though it it can be argued that cocoa farmers also earn the country dollars etc., this is indirect via the purchasing board, footballers on the other hand...

  • CARDINAL 10 years ago

    Kman, I don't agree with you. They earn foreign currency so do I though I don't earn anywhere the money they earn but we all contribute towards the building of the nation including those working in Ghana and not earning dolla ...
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  • Jesse 10 years ago

    Why should it be so?,do they deserve better than the other?.Well, since our currency is the cedi everything should also be paid in the cedi.....Houses, plots, cars and every other thing should also be in cedis. We should know ...
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  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 10 years ago

    The taxes for these players must deducted from their bonuses. The ministry of gfa must issue them checks. Instead of cash. The tax deductions must never stated on the check stub all in cedis.

  • Analyst 10 years ago

    The new bank of Ghana measures only look strange because of the dollarised psyche of Ghanaians. Actually, there shouldn't be any fuss about someone in Ghana being paid for his services in cedis. In other countries, the citize ...
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  • NOISY NEIGHBOUR 10 years ago

    THIS WILL STAND AS THE USELESS PIECE OF JOURNALISM FOR THE WEEK. WE DONT GET THE KIND OF MONEY THEY GET BUT WE STAY AND SPEND OUR CEDI HERE, WHY CANT THEY? THIS IS STUPID

  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 10 years ago

    Who is forcing you to spend your money in gh or wherever u are? Bitch, you are broke and don't have any. Looking for a baller to rescue your toto out of its misery. Go to Togo and spend it there. Idiot

  • Rog 10 years ago

    If all these measure can successfully come into force, it will be one of the best thing to ever happened to currency...why would you trade with someone's currency in your own country.

  • BlackC 10 years ago

    Please expose the players that complain. They play for Ghana and should be paid in Cedis.

    There are too many Ghanaians being affected in a stressful way by the Cedi being unstable. This is 2014 and it is truly ignorant i ...
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  • kilicoco 10 years ago

    How about the government officials who gets paid in $ when they travel with President. Will all stop. Anyway did read the full article.

  • Africanus 10 years ago

    The directive is simple - everybody be paid in Cedis, and that includes government officials. Unless of course the money is meant for spending while outside the shores of Ghana, obviously you can't use cedis in London or New ...
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  • tuy 10 years ago

    There will be a revolt in Black Stars camp because the players are not paid in dollars? Why are the players paid at all when most of them are millionaires?

  • JJ 10 years ago

    Yes, they should play for free, or at most a small allowance in Cedi's! Greedy footballers...

  • OKYENANTI. 10 years ago

    WHY .WHY .WHY.WHY .DOLLARS,DOLLARS,DOLLARS,DOLLARS.DOLLARS
    GHANAIANS WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN
    HOW TO BUILD ECONOMY SO YOU ARE PAYING THIS BOYS ALL THE TIME IN DOLLAR .SHAME TO YOU ALL .

  • sly 10 years ago

    I don't think the develop countries paid their players in foreign currency. They pay you in local currency and you can change it in dollars if you want to. Hello, black man wise up

  • mkb 10 years ago

    Bravo, Bank of Ghana.

  • OKOE 10 years ago

    EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY IS TO BE PAID IN CEDIS. IF THE PERSON HAS NO NEED OR HAS MORE CEDIS TO SPEND OR TO TRAVEL, THEN HE/SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO CONVERT AND PAY THE REQUIRED FEES FOR THE EXCHANGE. NOBODY IS TO PAY ANYONE IN DO ...
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  • SEYSCHELLES 10 years ago

    Black Stars have over the years been over pampered as if no country in Africa has ever crossed the world cup quater final stage. Ghanaians in agradicement try to garnish their quarter finals with a certain Suarez blockage of ...
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  • Sea 10 years ago

    Whoever wrote this news is very stupid. What does the directive from bank of Ghana got to do with black stars bonuses and payments. In fact there are a lot of stupid individuals who have found themselves in journalism. The d ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    if you were a little bit patient to read the BoG directive, it will be clear to you that No transaction can be done in foreign currency except when you earn from a foreign company.... but I will forgive today because being pa ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Pay a percentage of the international travel expenses in cedis. Use government issued credit cards to pay for all official and authorized foreign travel expenses.

    Pay for accrued foreign T and T for government officials i ...
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  • nuru 10 years ago

    A good call, why do we even allow pipo to foreign currency accounts in Africa? can a Ghanaian open a cedi account in UK, US or anywhere in Europe? Why, Why Africa?

  • nuru 10 years ago

    why can we have one currency for Africa to avoid all this nonsense? when will the poor be minority in Africa? greedy african leaders

  • STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago

    The fact that most of them live and work as footballers in other countries does not make sense that they should be paid their allowances in US Dollars for participating in this coming and future tournaments. It is wrong and t ...
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  • SUMAILA 10 years ago

    what about the head coach,is he going to continue with dollars?

  • Close Observer 10 years ago

    Are those who lead the nation sensible at all? If we can no longer accept our own currency as a respectable legal tender, then we better stop spending money to print it and just use other people's currencies. Are we not asham ...
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  • Animal Farm 10 years ago

    Can we quote, charge and demand rent in rent?

  • CARDINAL 10 years ago

    I don't see any problem here. The players are Ghanaians and must be paid in the local currency. If they are foreign based, they have enough to live on from the clubs they play for and should invest their local earned bonuses ...
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  • Concerned 10 years ago

    I agree! The teams need to be paid by check in the country's currency so they can pay local taxes like everyone else! If they want US dollars, they can exchange it. We all love football but fair is fair. Lets get it right ...
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  • Frank Teddy Washington 10 years ago

    Am going online to find out if the developed countries on this planet earth dip their hands into national coffers to pay players who play in national teams for their own good.....I will be back with the results, so stay tuned ...
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  • Rommel 10 years ago

    So if they are on international assignment,what currency will they be spending? can they use cedi in Brazil? this directive does not make sense

  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 10 years ago

    U are beyond dumb. U think USA will pay its soccer players in brasil money? No!....but u can change the dollars to brasiliann money over there, can't you?

  • Tadi Ba 10 years ago

    It is expected that the GFA and the Youth and Sports Ministry will argue that most of the players are based outside the shores of Ghana and thus need to be paid
    The players can live the Cedis in Ghana for their relatives,a ...
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  • AGYA JOE 10 years ago

    My layman's point of view is that all we need is a vibrant economy. Foreign exchange controls are an indication that the economy is on the downward trend. Countries like Turkey or UAE(Dubai)allow all hard currencies to trade ...
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  • sly 10 years ago

    is this true he was paying black stars in dollar WHY

  • THE LONE PROPHET OF JEHOVAH 10 years ago

    WE NEED THINKING CAP LEADERS PERIOD.

  • Koffi Parker 10 years ago

    Nonsense the tourist is even paying in cedis,are they not ghanaians?we all have to sacrifice for the sake of ghana,

  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 10 years ago

    All govt checks payable to public employees, contractors, foreign or local ministers, etc etc.....must be in CEDIS. Forbid all local business establishments from accepting payments in any foreign currency except the cfa or na ...
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  • Kojo Mesreyami 10 years ago

    This notion of quoting every good and service in dollars is preposterous/absurd/crazy and insane.
    Land, automobile, clothes and literally every damn thing is being sold in $$$. Why have a national currency???

  • Kojo Mesreyami 10 years ago

    He couldn't have possibly blown the $46k in 1 month so why only fine him 10 million cedis + jail time. My point is retrieve the $46k and also give him 20 years...

  • ONLY GOD IS THE BEST 10 years ago

    the argue here is that players are ghanaians why paid them in dollars when you are making the local currency wick if you are in ghana use the cedi to make our local currency sronger did a worker living in U.S.A be paid in ced ...
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  • kodjo 10 years ago

    the players will be paid equivolent in gh cedis, what is the finder's problem is the papper spoke person for the players?

  • DONBOLI 10 years ago

    The world cup is not in USA and ghanaians dont need dollars. All things can be paid with our ghana cedi thru all good banks.
    Why should somebody play football for ghana and expect to be paid in dollars. Do these football who ...
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  • Opoku Nelson 10 years ago

    These players were paid in cedis when they were playing in the local league so they must it.

  • crorkz 9 years ago

    cLlgZV Very good blog article.Really thank you! Awesome.

  • crorkz matz 9 years ago

    JYTrEZ Awesome blog.Much thanks again. Really Great.