The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, has urged the nation's Parliament to take urgent steps to help improve the massive sports infrastructure deficit in the country. Speaking at the official launch of the inaugural Democracy Cup in Parliament (Justice D.F Annan Auditorium), on Thursday June 13, 2024, President Simeon-Okraku highlighted the need to take pragmatic steps to solve the country's deteriorating infrastructure, a situation that has created a lot of discomfort for footballers and Ghanaians.
Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak will battle each other in the maiden edition of the Democracy Cup aimed at promoting parliamentary democracy through sports at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday July 5, 2024. The one-off match is being played between the two biggest traditional clubs in Ghana to commemorate Ghana's 30 years of Parliamentary democracy. The winner of this match will earn an opportunity to play against United States of America-based club, DC United, in Washington later in the year.
President Simeon-Okraku urged the Speaker of Parliament, The Rt Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, to take immediate steps by using the august House of Parliament as a vehicle to actively and decisively deal with the thorny issue of sports infrastructure deficit. "We speak about Ghana being a football nation.
It's time to act and take steps that will help the sports industry." "Few days ago, our Black Stars player Thomas Part.