GFA Elections: Kurt Okraku is the new president

Kurt Okraru has been voted as the president of the Chana Football Association, he is also the

executive chairman of Dreams FC. The election was conducted at the College of Physicians and

Surgeons in Accra. He gathered 59 votes in the second round of the election, which is 50% of the

total votes that were cast. His close rival was George Afriyie the former president of GFA who

gathered 43 votes in the runoff and accepted defeat. The third person in the second round was

Nana Yaw Amponsah and gathered 16 votes.

In the first round of the election Kurt Okraku got 44 votes, George Afriyie got 40 votes, Nana

Yaw Amponsah got 27, and Fred Pappoe got 6 votes while Amanda Clinton and George Ankama

Mensah did not get any vote.

Kurt Edwin Simon Okraku was born in 1971, he is a football administer and a former sports

journalist. He has served the various organization as a football administers in various capacities

including Local Black Committee as Chairman, MTN FA Cup committee as chairman, vice

chairman and member and the GFA executive as a member.

In his acceptance speech is outlined how he started football administration, ‘At the 17 years I

formed the Shooting States FC, a colts club at Achimota, from then every step I have taken have

been related to the football sector’. His love for football has turned him into a great journalist and

a seasoned football administrator. Kurt Okraru was the first student volunteer as a sports

presenter/producer in the campus-based radio universe. In addition to his experience in football

management, he also has a master's in football management from the University of Liverpool.

Kurt Okraru has brought a variety of knowledge in the football administration of Chana.