{"id":97045,"date":"2023-09-04T13:56:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/04\/kurt-okraku-has-failed-as-gfa-president\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:56:53","slug":"kurt-okraku-has-failed-as-gfa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/04\/kurt-okraku-has-failed-as-gfa-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Okraku has failed as GFA president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1693835813_201_Screenshot-2023-09-04-090021-696x522.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-09-04 090021\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Afriyie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>President of\u00a0Susubiribi\u00a0Sporting\u00a0Club, George Afriyie has said Ghana football must be rescued from President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kurt Okraku.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, football in the country is retrogressing thus needs to be rescued from total collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Afriyie, a former Vice President of the GFA who lost the elections in 2019 to incumbent, Kurt Okraku\u00a0is seeking to contest him again.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Mr Afriyie reiterated that, if our game is not rescued from failed Kurt Okraku, it will be worse in the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the right time for me to contest for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidency and it is God who will determine who will win but looking at the direction of our football now, four years from today, it will be worse,\u201d he said on <strong>Asempa FM<\/strong>\u2018s <strong>Ultimate Sports Show<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur game has gotten to a stage where we cannot beat Comoros, Niger and even Madagascar and if anybody doesn\u2019t see anything wrong with that, then it is a problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not our status and we must admit that there are problems. There are no proper documents and structures to run the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Kurt Okraku was doing a good job I would have been the first to praise him but what do we see? \u201cWe must rescue our football from Kurt Okraku because he has failed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The GFA Elective Congress will be held in Tamale on September 27.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ZQaRZZOMJN4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV Live Stream\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZQaRZZOMJN4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Afriyie President of\u00a0Susubiribi\u00a0Sporting\u00a0Club, George Afriyie has said Ghana football must be rescued from President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kurt Okraku. According to him, football in the country is retrogressing thus needs to be rescued from total collapse. 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