Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku has allegedly been leveraging on his position to enable his close associates, including his relatives to amass wealth.
Ghanaian football coach and sports pundit, Christopher Nimley, levelled this allegation against Mr Kurt Okraku while speaking on Citi FM last week Friday.
“If you can exhibit gross level of nepotism, you will be afraid. If you could tell the whole country that you are coming in as FA to create wealth for all. He said under my administration football will create wealth for everybody,” he said.
In his submission, Mr Nimley listed some 18 individuals who have obtained positions they are not suitable for under the administration of the incumbent GFA president.
They include Winifred Mawudeko Okraku, a sister of Kurt Okraku, who is now the Director at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence and Micheal Osekere, a friend and a close confidant of Kurt Okraku who has been appointed as Chief of Staff at the GFA.
He argued that “these are people who have close ties with Kurt Okraku and they are the people amassing wealth in our football.”
He holds the assertion that Mr Kurt Okraku can not contest to retain his position as GFA president owing to his inappropriate behaviour.
“The position given to them by Kurt Okraku is one of the fundamental reasons why he cannot go for the election,” he stated.
In June this year, the former chairman of the Western Regional Football Association,
In June this year, the former chairman of the Western Regional Football Association, Kojo Yankah, revealed his intent to run for the upcoming Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidential election.
“I am fully prepared, and the time has come for me to make a lasting impression on Ghana Football. The Ghana FA needs a fresh administration, and I am the right person for the job. People’s passion for Ghanaian football has waned, and I am determined to restore it,” he said on Onua TV.
Mr Kurt Okraku is also seeking a re-election when his term expires in October 2023.
Source: The Independent Ghana | Andy Ogbarmey-Tettey