Kurt Okraku has retained his seat as the President of the Ghana Football Association. The Ghana FA elections was held today in Tamale. The elections took on a unique character due to the absence of a major contender against the incumbent.
Kurk Okraku was the only contestant in the election. So the vote for either a Yes or a No vote. At the end of the elections, Kurk Okraku received an Impressive 117 YES votes and only 2 NO Votes.
Kurt Okraku Retains His Seat As President Of Ghana Football Association
ABOUT KURT OKRAKU
Kurt Okraku is a Ghanaian football administrator who serves as the President of the Ghana Football Association since October 2019.
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He is a former sports journalist and past Executive Chairman of Dreams F.C., where Ghana Black Stars and Chelsea F.C. player Baba Rahman played. He also served on various executive committees of the Ghana Football Association as well as the national team, Ghana Black Stars..
EDUCATION
He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Ghana, trained as a journalist at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, and also received his MBA from the University of Liverpool. While in the UK, he also received instruction in marketing, hospitality, and tourism management.
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CAREER
He established a colt football club, Shooting Stars FC when he was 17 years old and was also the Director of the Jawara Babies Colt Club. From 1996 to 1999, he was a presenter and sports presenter for Radio Univers 105.7 FM, campus radio of the University of Ghana, Legon and concurrently served as the public relations officer for Afienya United FC, Tema and at the Public Relations Department, Ministry of Youth and Sports (1997–98) and the sports editor for Groove FM (1998–99).
Kurt Okraku Retains His Seat As President Of Ghana Football Association
Between 1999 and 2000, he was the Deputy Sports Editor, Network Broadcasting Ltd, owners of Radio Gold. He was the Communications and Marketing Director of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. between 2006 and 2007.
He worked for sports marketing companies in the UK and Israel. He was the Communications and marketing director of Accra Hearts of Oak between 2006 and 2007. He was the administrative manager of Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) from 2008 to 2010. He became general manager of Wassaman in 2011. He is the Chairman of the Board of Dream FC. He is also the owner of Dream League Soccer (DLS)- a popular mobile soccer game developed and published by First Touch Game(FTG).