FIFA President Gianni Infantino has congratulated Kurt Okraku on his re-election as President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
Okraku, who ran unopposed, achieved a resounding victory during the Elective Congress conducted in Tamale on Thursday, October 5, 2023. He garnered an overwhelming 117 out of the 120 total votes cast.
In a letter dated Monday, October 9, 2023, President Infantino conveyed his warmest greetings and best wishes to President Okraku and the newly elected members of the GFA Executive Council. He expressed his eagerness to collaborate with them to further the growth and prosperity of football in Ghana, highlighting the importance of their contributions to the sport’s development and the promotion of its values in the country.
The letter from President Infantino read, “Dear President, Please accept my warmest greetings and sincerest congratulations for your recent re-election as President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). I would be grateful if you could please convey my felicitations to the Members of the Executive Council elected with you, while I seize the opportunity to thank you for all your efforts, your work, and your important contribution to the development of our sport and the promotion of its values in Ghana. Sending you and your team my best wishes for this new mandate and every success for all the challenges that lie ahead, I look forward, dear President, to continuing to work with you for the growth and prosperity of football in Ghana in the years to come.”
Okraku and the newly constituted Executive Council convened their first meeting on Monday.