He assured him that as the Chief Executive of the nation, the GFA and its President would have his unalloyed support so that they would take Ghana football back to the glorious ways that characterized it years back.
President Akufo-Addo made the call when he received Mr Okraku and some members of his team at the Jubilee House in Accra Wednesday.
President Akufo-Addo advised that it would not be easy, because football was an area where people would hail him one day and crucify him another day and urged him to stay true to the principles he espoused.
Happiness
President Akufo-Addo said he was excited when he heard of the completion of the GFA elections, “and we had a new young, vibrant boss of the GFA, I was very happy about it. Everything I have heard about you confirms that for me”.
He made it clear to the newly elected GFA President that he had a very big task ahead of him, especially in a country where almost everybody was a football expert who would sit in their homes and state who should have been selected and who should not have been selected.
He advised him that there were two types of people in the world; those who walk to the sound of other people’s drums and those who walk to the sound of their own drum.
He said he preferred those who walk to the sound of their drum and urged him to listen to himself and make sure that the decisions he would take were in consonance with what was his understanding of what was best for Ghana football and what were the best standards he would want to uphold. Read Full Story
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