{"id":2485,"date":"2019-09-02T13:50:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T13:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2019-09-02T13:50:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T13:50:37","slug":"breaking-news-kurt-okraku-declares-intention-to-contest-2019-gfa-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/breaking-news-kurt-okraku-declares-intention-to-contest-2019-gfa-presidential-race","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Kurt Okraku declares intention to contest 2019 GFA Presidential race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dreams FC Executive Chairman Kurt E. S. Okraku has\u00a0declared his intentions to contest in the 2019 Ghana FA presidential race.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Former GFA executive committee member announced his decision digitally on Monday after months of deliberations with various stakeholders in the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fellow members of the football family, I have decided to put myself forward to contest the leadership of the Ghana Football Association when the election process begins and I will need your support. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/obgtLgduNx\">pic.twitter.com\/obgtLgduNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku (@kurtokraku) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurtokraku\/status\/1168501851760799744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku@kurtokraku<\/p>\n<p>Fellow members of the football family, I have decided to put myself forward to contest the leadership of the Ghana Football Association when the election process begins and I will need your support. Thank you<\/p>\n<p>50 people are talking about this<\/p>\n<p>He is regarded by many as good administrator who has managed his club, Dreams FC, well and has chalked some successes only 10 years of its existence.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt is experienced, having served as a member of the dissolved Executive Committee and is credited for organising a successful FA Cup competition as the chairman of the FA Cup Committee.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to face stiff competition from the likes of George Afriyie, Kwaku Osei (Palmar), Nana Yaw Amponsah and Kudjoe Fianoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dreams FC Executive Chairman Kurt E. S. Okraku has\u00a0declared his intentions to contest in the 2019 Ghana FA presidential race. The Former GFA executive committee member announced his decision digitally on Monday after months of deliberations with various stakeholders in the game. 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