{"id":25395,"date":"2023-03-07T13:43:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/07\/nyantakyi-kenpong-grace-atsus-one-week-observance\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T13:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T13:43:15","slug":"nyantakyi-kenpong-grace-atsus-one-week-observance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/07\/nyantakyi-kenpong-grace-atsus-one-week-observance\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyantakyi, Kenpong Grace Atsu&#8217;s One-Week Observance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Nyantakyi (L), Kenpong and Appiah at the event grounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi and business contractor Kennedy Agyepong (Kenpong) joined thousands of football fans and sympathisers to mark Christian Atsu\u2019s one-week observance ceremony in Accra on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The duo were in the company of Kwesi Appiah, former Black Stars coach and the current Technical Director at Kenpong Football Academy who discovered the gifted winger at FC Porto.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of Nyantakyi\u2019s arri at the grounds, the man credited for Ghana\u2019s three-streak World Cup participations (2006, 2010 and 2014) by MC Kofi Asare Brako, generated intense cheers and applause from the large gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The former Newcastle United and Chelsea winger had died under bizarre circumstances in the Turkey earthquake last month after over a week of search for him.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the former FC Porto man, who shot into prominence under Nyantakyi\u2019s tenure, tragic death swept the entire football community\u2019s off their feet.<\/p>\n<p>And it emerged at the ceremony that the final funeral rites of the deceased would be held on March 17 at the forecourt of the State House in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The former AFC Bournemouth player was part of Nyantakyi\u2019s AFCON success story as losing finalists on penalties to Cote d\u2019Ivoire in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>And to the former FIFA Executive Committee member and CAF Vice President, Atsu\u2019s death is a big blow taking into account his immense contribution to football and humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Majority of the immediate past generation of Black Stars players graced the event.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the clergy, politicians, movie stars, supporters unions, businessmen, and people from all walks of lives thronged to the Adjiringanor Astro Turf to mark the one-week observance ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nyantakyi (L), Kenpong and Appiah at the event grounds \u00a0 Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi and business contractor Kennedy Agyepong (Kenpong) joined thousands of football fans and sympathisers to mark Christian Atsu\u2019s one-week observance ceremony in Accra on Saturday. 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