Executive Council Member of the Ghana Football Association Randy Abbey has justified the payment package approved by Congress for the leadership of the association.

The Congress held on September 1, 2020, approved monthly allowances for the federation’s President, vice-president and the Executive Council members.

The GFA Chief will take home 12, 000 Ghana Cedis while the vice will receive 7,000 Ghana cedis. Other Executive Council members will be paid 4,000 Ghana Cedis every month.

Despite a lot of criticism from the public, Randy Abbey believe there’s is nothing wrong with it since it has been approved by majority.

“This is novel; such that never in the history of Ghana Football has the compensation package of the Executive Committee been brought to Congress for discussion, but as part of the pursuit of transparency and accountability, the framers of the current statutes decided that we needed to have a certain oversight,” he said on Citi FM.

“You don’t determine for yourself what you should earn and approve it by yourself and pay to yourself.

“We had a spirited discussion, there were those who were not for it; there were those who had views.

“There were those who thought it wasn’t enough and there were those who thought it was alright.

“At the end of the day, it was subjected to a vote and an overwhelming majority took the decision and we all go with it,” he concluded.

Then new arrangement will also see the GFA President receive GHS 1,600 as sitting allowance for EXCO meetings, with GHS 1,400 and GHS 1,300 going to the Vice President and EXCO Council members respectively.

The new emolument structure, however, eliminates the system of paying ex-gratia to Exco members at the end of their tenure with members of the previous administration getting a $15,000 payout