Thank you for always being there for us - Kurt Okraku to Akufo-Addo
President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has expressed profound gratitude to H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufio Addo – President of the Republic of Ghana for showing desire to raise funds for the senior national team in our quest to end the 40-year wait for an AFCON title.
President Simeon-Okraku said this on Monday, April 26, 2021 when President Nana Addo held a breakfast meeting with CEOs of some corporate entities at the Office of the President to solicit for support for the Black Stars and the other national teams, namely, Black Queens (Senior Women's national team), Black Meteors (Male U-23), Black Satellites (Male U-20), Black Stars B, Black Starlets (Male U-17), Black Maidens (Female U-17), and the Black Princesses (Female u-20).
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The Black Stars have both the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations ahead, while the other national teams also gear up for different assignments in 2021 and beyond.
Former Black Stars defender Samuel Osei Kuffuor who doubles as Management Committee member of the team and Chief of staff, Michael Osekere accompanied the President.
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More of such programmes have been lined up to secure the necessary funding for the various national teams.