Celebrated veteran Ghanaian coach, Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio said he has so far received only $1,000 from the organizers of a charity match held in his honor three months ago.
The game, which was played at the Accra Sports Stadium on June 29, was aimed at celebrating Attuquayefio�s achievements as well as to raise funds to support his cancer treatment, saw cash donations and pledges from personalities such as Black Stars duo, Asamoah Gyan and John Mensah, Kennedy Agyepong and a host of others.
Speaking to the Weekend Globe, Coach Attuquayefio said he thinks there is a lot more to this. �I have been reading a lot of stories about the issue,� he said, adding �it is true that I have received only one thousand dollars from the organizers.�
The 2000 African Coach of Year said though he has been promised by the organizers that they are still mobilizing the funds people pledged, his major worry was the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, which the event organizers promised to donate part of the money to.
He said �the organizers promised even to supply part of the money to the ENT Clinic that has taken very good care of me and are still taking care of me.�
He is therefore calling on the organizers of the charity match to be sincere in the promises they made.
Attuquayefio is one of Ghana�s renowned coaches has for the last three years battled with throat cancer which has cut short his illustrious career which saw him chalk several successes.
He guided Hearts of Oak to the CAF Champions league title in 2000 and the Super Cup a year on. He was also at the helm when the Phobians won the maiden CAF Confederations Cup in 2004.
Jones Attuquayefio�s plight came to light when the Globe Newspaper published the story of the ailing coach who had been totally forgotten by Ghanaians.
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