{"id":7102,"date":"2019-12-12T20:04:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T20:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=7102"},"modified":"2019-12-12T20:04:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T20:04:28","slug":"gfa-president-confers-with-fifa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/gfa-president-confers-with-fifa-president","title":{"rendered":"GFA President confers with FIFA President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GFA President Kurt E. S. Okraku has held a fruitful meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the headquarters of FIFA in Switzerland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fruitful meeting, held at the instance of the FIFA President, touched on wide range of issues on Ghana football including administration, refereeing, coaching, finance and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>In his congratulatory message to Mr. Okraku following his election as GFA President in October, the FIFA President extended an invitation to the newly-elected GFA President to visit the Home of Football in Switzerland for a discussion on the development of Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s meeting was a response to the invitation and it has set the tone for strengthening of relationship between the GFA and FIFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GFA President Kurt E. S. Okraku has held a fruitful meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the headquarters of FIFA in Switzerland. 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