{"id":1713,"date":"2019-08-21T13:47:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2019-08-21T13:47:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:47:51","slug":"kurt-okraku-and-wilfried-osei-are-the-best-people-to-lead-ghana-football-nana-oduro-sarfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/kurt-okraku-and-wilfried-osei-are-the-best-people-to-lead-ghana-football-nana-oduro-sarfo","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Okraku and Wilfried Osei are the best people to lead Ghana football- Nana Oduro Sarfo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>General manager of Berekum Chelsea, Nana Oduro Sarfo has backed the candidacy of Kurt Okraku and Wilfried Osei for the vacant GFA President role.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several names have popped up for the position, as the Normalisation Committee tenure comes close to the end.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Amponsah and former GFA Vice President George Afriyie are the other names in the fray, but\u00a0 Nana Oduro Sarfo believes Kurt and Osei &#8220;Palmer&#8221; are the best people for the job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have consistently said that Kurt Okraku and Osei Kweku Palmer are the best personalities to lead the Ghana Football Association,&#8221; he told Asempa FM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are other personalities contesting for the seat but these two people are the best for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have what Ghana football is looking for and for me, they are the best for me,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The GFA position has been vacant since the resignation of former president Kwesi Nyantakyi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General manager of Berekum Chelsea, Nana Oduro Sarfo has backed the candidacy of Kurt Okraku and Wilfried Osei for the vacant GFA President role. 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