{"id":394076,"date":"2017-06-04T02:33:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T02:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/04\/mtn-fa-cup-final-venue-undecided\/"},"modified":"2017-06-04T02:33:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T02:33:19","slug":"mtn-fa-cup-final-venue-undecided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/04\/mtn-fa-cup-final-venue-undecided\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN FA Cup final venue undecided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Organisers of the MTN FA Cup say the venue for this year\u2019s final is undecided and appealed to people who are strongly lobbying for the event to be held in their region to desist from the act as the choice of venue will be made in the best interest of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the MTN FA Cup Committee (FACC), Kurt E.S. Okraku, sounded the caution yesterday at the Round of 16 draw held at the M Plaza Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>According to Mr Okraku, some clubs, regional associations, chiefs and even regional ministers, have been lobbying the committee members for the grand finale to be hosted in their respective regions.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo decision has been taken concerning the venue for the grand finale, but that decision will be taken before our next draw so the lobbying must stop,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>He also said the committee was aware of the challenges some clubs face in honouring their matches, and gave an assurance that the clubs would be engaged on a continuous basis to get an issues resolved, as well as ensure that the event ends successfully.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to engage all the 16 clubs as we move into the grand finale. 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When we engage the clubs, we have the unique opportunity of knowing the problems they face and use the opportunity to address them,\u201d Mr Okraku said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The FACC chairman, on behalf of the committee, expressed appreciation to all stakeholders for their immense contribution in ensuring the success of the competition for the past seven years.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t              <!-- new position --><br \/>\n          <!-- new position end -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisers of the MTN FA Cup say the venue for this year\u2019s final is undecided and appealed to people who are strongly lobbying for the event to be held in their region to desist from the act as the choice of venue will be made in the best interest of the competition. &#13; The chairman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MTN FA Cup final venue undecided - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/04\/mtn-fa-cup-final-venue-undecided\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"MTN FA Cup final venue undecided - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Organisers of the MTN FA Cup say the venue for this year\u2019s final is undecided and appealed to people who are strongly lobbying for the event to be held in their region to desist from the act as the choice of venue will be made in the best interest of the competition. &#013; 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