GFA President Kurt Okraku bids Black Princesses farewell ahead of FIFA U20 WWC
By Lukman MUMIN, Accra
The President of the Ghana Football Assocation, Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku gave the Black Princesses a befitting farewell ahead of their trip to Colombia for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup.
The team departed Accra for Bogota on Tuesday ahead of the start of the tournament later this month.
Following months of intensive preparations, the Black Princesses arrived in Accra on Monday before embarking on another global championship.
Kurt Okraku and the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, met the team and charged them to go and make the country proud.
“Our story is already known to Ghanaians. Our history is already known to the world. We want to make a better story or write a better story. We want a much-improved history to be made. That should be the end vision as we leave Ghana. The government has been supportive, like I said earlier, and will continue to provide all the necessary logistics that this team will need till the very end,” Okraku said.
“On behalf of your own football association, I wish you well. The entire Ghanaian football community is behind this squad. The nation, Ghana, is very expectant.”
Meanwhile, Honourable Ussif affirmed the government’s support for the team. “On behalf of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I am here to bid you a hopeful farewell as you embark on this journey to represent the entire country. The GFA President has spoken. I’m here to just also give you an assurance that the entire government is behind you,” he said.
