Former Sports Minister Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye

Former Sports Minister Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has urged current Sports Minister Kofi Adams to ensure that no player who features for any of the national teams is paid in foreign currency.

Over the years, national team players, especially those of the Black Stars, have been paid in dollars.

Speaking in an interview with GHOne TV on Monday, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye proposed that every Black Stars and Black Queens player should have a local bank account.

He is of the view that, for a country that has the cedi as its currency, national team players should be paid in cedis into their local bank accounts.

“Every Black Stars and Black Queens player must have a local bank account; we must stop paying our players in foreign currencies,” he said.

It is unclear whether this proposal will be adopted by the new Sports Minister, Kofi Adams.

Meanwhile, the Black Stars will return to action later this month in the Unity Cup in London.

The four-nation tournament will feature Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.