Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kurt Okraku, has announced that the University of Ghana (UG) Stadium was chosen as the host site for this year’s MTN FA Cup because of its excellent amenities.
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He mentioned this during a press conference ahead of the big match on Sunday, June 23, between Bofoakwa Tano and Nsoatreman FC.
The event featured GFA President Kurt Okraku, UG Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic and Student Affairs) Professor Gordon Awandare, and Acting University of Ghana Director of Sports Dr. Bella Bello Bitugu as the main speakers.
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In his speech, the GFA President elaborated on the reasons for selecting the stadium, which was renovated to host the 2023 African Games, as the venue for Sunday’s big game.
“In our dear country, your institution boasts of the best football facility. This amazing beautiful trophy deserves to be associated with the very best when it comes to football infrastructure.”
“Within this vicinity (Legon enclave), we not only have a hundreds, thousands maybe millions of youth…so therefore we thought that if there is any venue that can have the best of attention, the best of patronage to create the amazing football ambiance and atmosphere that we want, it should be the University of Ghana.”
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