In an interview with Happy FM, she claimed that the Sports Ministry has refused to present the athletes an viewers over the owed bonuses.
“I’ve not received the money yet. We (all the disciplines) have not heard from them up till now. Sometimes, when I call, they don’t even pick up. It is with the minister (Mustapha Ussif) and we’ve not heard from him,” he mentioned.
He identified that, in contrast to the irritating scenario she is in now, she was absolutely paid after successful medals within the earlier version of the competitors held in 2019.
“It is very heartbreaking because this is the first time I’ve experienced this. In Rabat (Morocco), I got the money immediately after I finished the competition. This is my home country.”
“I competed on the 10th of March, and today is 18th of April. We don’t even need reasons, but let’s hear from you,” she added.
Winnifred Ntumi gained Ghana’s first medals on the 2023 African Games after bagging three medals within the Weightlifting competitors on Sunday, March 10, 2023.
Ntumi’s excellent efficiency unfolded on the GCB Hall, the place she dominated the ladies’s 45kg and 49kg snatch occasions, claiming gold and two silver medals, respectively.
Winnifred Ntumi said that she shouldn’t be the one athlete but to obtain her bonuses however all Ghanaian athletes who gained medals on the 2023 African Games haven’t been paid.