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Ghana President Nana Akufo Addo has congratulated newly-elected GFA president, assuring him of Government support.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kurt Okraku received a words of encouragement from the president following his electoral victory on to stir the affairs of Ghana football.<\/p>\n

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He was at the Flagstaff on Wednesday to pay a courtesy call on the President, who had keen interest in the FA’s election which was meant to transform country’s football.<\/p>\n

The president, meeting the newly elected GFA president for the first time after his election also expressed his delight in the progress of work of the GFA<\/p>\n

During the visit, the Ghanaian leader offered his government\u2019s unflinching support to the newly elected GFA leader in executing his mandate.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to know that, so long as I\u2019m on this seat, you have my support by the way you want to take Ghana football; hopefully it\u2019s the same place I want to see it,\u201d Nana Addo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not right that so many years have passed before we won the great cups again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to go back to the winning ways that used to characterized our football.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a big task and a lot of goodwill; build on it,\u201d Nana Addo urged.<\/p>\n

Mr Okraku on Friday 25th October won a keenly contested election, beating\u00a0 George Afriyie, and five others.<\/p>\n

He has promised to market Ghana football to create wealth for the industry.<\/p>\n

He was in the company of Youth and Sports minister Isaac Asiamah, Vision FC boss Michael Osekre and Dreams FC management member Ameenu Shardow.<\/p>\n

Others also present included special aide to the Youth and Sports minister, Kofi Asare Brako \u2018Abatay\u2019, who formerly worked with Despite and Multimedia Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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