Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) general secretary Richard Groden has asked Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Gary Hunt to speedily resolve technical director Lincoln Phillips' contractual woes.
Groden wrote to the Minister on Monday, asking him to bring "closure" to the issue, "to the satisfaction of all concerned".
Phillips was not included in the $15 million approved last week by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs to pay TTFF salaries.
Hunt explained then that Phillips was not on the TTFF payroll and therefore was not included in the salary entitlements.
"The Government, through the Ministry, pays only those who we have been instructed to pay," the Minister pointed out at last week's post-Cabinet press conference at the St Ann's Diplomatic Centre.
"We were given a listing of 13 technical staff to be paid...that is based on the NSO (National Sports Organisation) supplying audited accounts at the time."
Hunt added that Phillips' contract had also expired and that "no new documentation" had been forwarded to his Ministry or the Sport Company of T&T (SPORTT) from the TTFF.
But Groden expressed regret that Hunt had been so "misinformed on this very important issue", saying that Phillips, who has given "yeoman service" to Trinidad and Tobago football was unfortunately the "victim" of such "deliberate misinformation".
The letter further explained that Phillips was initially hired for a three-year contract spanning June 1, 2004 to May 31, 2007.
He provided evidence of correspondence from the TTFF requesting confirmation of Phillips' status on October 3 after SPORTT manager of sport services Charles Branche asked to be updated on the situation by letter on September 30.
No response, the TTFF general secretary indicated, had been forthcoming from the Sport Company since.
Groden also said that because Phillips was originally on contract since assuming the post, and was paid directly by SPORTT, he could not have been, and was not included in the Football Federation payroll.
Despite his non-payment, Phillips told the Express last week that he would continue his work with the TTFF.