‘He who pays the piper calls the tune’ – Baah-Nuakoh hits back at proposed GFA dissolution
Okraku, who has served as GFA president since 2019, has faced increased scrutiny following a poor run of results by the Black Stars.
Former Asante Kotoko leader Dr Kwame Baah-Nuakoh has fired back at proposals for dissolving the Ghana Football Association (GFA), arguing that the government cannot demand influence over the nation's football without contributing financially. Baah-Nuakoh made his remarks on the heels of calls for GFA President Kurt Okraku's resignation, in light of the association's president's struggles to steer the team to success.
The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers witnessed Ghana's Black Stars suffer a 4-2 home defeat to The Gambia, leaving them without a point from their opening two matches after their loss to Ivory Coast.
Baah-Nuakoh told Sporty FM, "If you don't invest anything in the game, don't expect to have power or control. Majority of the people who do the voting are club officials. If the government does not have a say in what happens to clubs in terms of investment, [government can’t] tell them how to vote." The next GFA presidential and Executive Council elections are slated for 2027.
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