The Player Status Committee of the Ghana Football Association has ordered Ghanaian giants, Asante Kotoko to pay $36,000 to their former trainer Maxwell Konadu for unilateral termination of his contract at the club.
The Porcupine Warriors in December 2020 terminated the contract of the former Black Stars assistant coach.
Konadu filed a petition before the GFA following his sacking after defeating to Great Olympics on December 17, 2020.
The Player Status Committee in their ruling described the club’s decision to sack Konadu as ‘hasty, premature and without just cause’ and has asked the club to pay $41,000 to him.
In its decision, the GFA PSC stated:
“The Committee finds the coach’s termination hasty, premature, and without just cause. Therefore, it does not fall within the employment contract clause 11.4 which indicates termination of the coach’s contract without any compensation and prior notice…”,
The PSC, however, granted coach Maxwell Konadu partial reliefs. The ruling stated:
1. The head coach is entitled to the payment of $36,000 or its equivalent in Ghana cedes, this being salaries due him from January to December 2021. This represents the residual part of his salaries due to the unjust termination
2. Payment of GHS30,000 being the balance of the signing on fee
3. Payment of GHS2,000 being winning bonuses for two matches
4. General damages/ compensation of $60,000 is declined
5. Costs not indicated, but declined notwithstanding
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Sylvester Ntim
