Former Black Stars legend Augustine Arhinful has disclosed that he once cautioned Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Simon Okraku about the people in his circle.
Arhinful recounted that Okraku was pushing for a policy to decentralize the GFA’s status committee, a move he vehemently opposed due to various practical challenges.
Arhinful shared that during a briefing, he advised Okraku to drop the decentralization plans, drawing from his own experiences on similar committees.
However, Okraku did not appreciate this advice.
In an interview with Dan Kwaku Yeboah, Arhinful revealed that this disagreement prompted him to write a letter to Okraku, warning him to be wary of those around him.
“I attended Kurt’s meeting because I had heard that he wanted to decentralise the status committee, but I knew it wasn’t feasible unless certain changes were made.
During the question session, I suggested that his plan to decentralize the status committee should be reconsidered because it wasn’t possible. I have been part of two status committees in Europe, one in Italy and the other in Turkey.
“He wasn’t happy with my suggestion and even told someone that I was trying to undermine him. After five years, has he done it? No… I wrote a personal letter warning him to be careful with the people around him because I realized they only tell him the positives.
I sent it to his office at Asylum Down, but I don’t know if he received and read it,” Arhinful said in a n interview.