{"id":427687,"date":"2017-10-11T18:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T18:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/mtn-fa-cup-committee-unveils-mr-obia-nye-obia-as-mascot-for-final\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T18:30:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T18:30:20","slug":"mtn-fa-cup-committee-unveils-mr-obia-nye-obia-as-mascot-for-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/mtn-fa-cup-committee-unveils-mr-obia-nye-obia-as-mascot-for-final\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN FA Cup Committee unveils &#8216;Mr. Obia Nye Obia&#8217; as mascot for final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/77479886.295.jpg\" alt=\"MTN Mascot\" title=\"MTN Mascot\" width=\"295\" height=\"260\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The mascot is a yellow fowl by name Mr. Obia Nye Obia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507746620_666_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The MTN FA Cup Committee has unveiled Mr. Obia Nye Obia as the official mascot for this year&#8217;s final against Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first ever to be introuduced for any locally organized tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The mascot is a yellow fowl by name Mr. Obia Nye Obia.<\/p>\n<p>His name, which loosely means \u201call are equal\u201d in Ghanaian Akan dialect, was chosen to convey a sense of soaring enthusiasm to play football and excitement for the tournament with its colour depicting that of the title sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;This is a very important and unique ceremony and again it is part of history. This is the first time we are all seeing somebody in the name of Mr Obia Nye Obia,&#8221; chairman of the MTN FA Cup Committee Kurt Okraku<\/p>\n<p>The Mascot will take part in numerous activities in the run-up to the first Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko FA Cup final since 1990, which will be played on Sunday October 29, at the Tamale Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mascot is a yellow fowl by name Mr. Obia Nye Obia &#13; The MTN FA Cup Committee has unveiled Mr. Obia Nye Obia as the official mascot for this year&#8217;s final against Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko. 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