{"id":409534,"date":"2018-03-13T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=409534"},"modified":"2018-03-13T16:28:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:28:22","slug":"black-queens-rewarded-32000-wafu-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/black-queens-rewarded-32000-wafu-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Queens to be rewarded with $32,000 after WAFU triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"
The government has announced a reward package of $32,000 for the players of Ghana\u2019s female national team, the Black Queens, for winning the WAFU Zone B tournament held in Cote d\u2019Ivoire last month.<\/p>\n
Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo\u2019s team defeated host Cote d\u2019Ivoire 1-0 in the final to secure the victory.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the \u2018Meet the Press\u2019 session in Accra on Tuesday; Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah said the financial package was government\u2019s compensation for a good job done.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ministry has approved $32,000 for our Queens and from here, the chief accountant will pay their money to them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe appreciate their hard work and this is our way of saying thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ghana will host the 2018 Women\u2019s AFCON and the tournament formed part of preparations for the competition which kicks off in November.<\/p>\n
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By: Fentuo Tahiru\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The government has announced a reward package of $32,000 for the players of Ghana\u2019s female national team, the Black Queens, for winning the WAFU Zone B tournament held in Cote d\u2019Ivoire last month. Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo\u2019s team defeated host Cote d\u2019Ivoire 1-0 in the final to secure the victory. Speaking at the \u2018Meet the Press\u2019 session […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":409535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1479,9667],"yoast_head":"\n