Groundsmen of the various national stadia have begun a sit down strike due to failure of the Ministry of Youth and Sports to settle their salaries since 2012.
Green Grass Technology are the managers of the various national grounds and according to their Chief Executive Officer, Frank Boahene, several attempts have been made to establish contact with the appropriate authorities in a bid to resolve the situation but they have been unsuccessful so far.
[contextly_sidebar id=”oaKhgAvntpQClzUWHva1URYnnXKiOAH6″]He emphasized that, it had become impossible for these individuals, who have a barrage of responsibilities, to continue working for such a lengthy spell without remuneration.
“What you have heard about the strike is true because the workers have finally taken a stance. This decision was arrived at several days ago, they say they will not work.”
The CEO who revealed the development to Citi Sports lamented that “we have invoices that are sitting there and they have not been paid. This strike has taken effect across the other stadia around the country as well.”
The Black Stars have already held their first training session ahead of the World Cup Qualifier against the Comoros Islands at the Accra Sports Stadium despite caution from Mr Boahene about the risk of incurring injuries.
The Grass has been left uncut for several days and has exceeded the acceptable height for use.
Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan had protested bitterly about the nature of the pitch at the Accra Sports Stadium.
“If its going to be like this then I am sorry I don’t think we can train here. We are all professionals and we will sit down with the technical team to discuss where to train tomorrow because we need to prepare for the match against Comoros. We didn’t even want to train because you cannot play on this field. We are appealing to those who work on the grass to make sure that it is ready for us to train on Tuesday,” a disturbed Gyan told pressmen.
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By: Benjamin Nketsia/citifmonline.com/Ghana