Vincent Assafuah is a Member of Parliament for Old Tafo Constituency
Member of the Parliament Select Committee on Sports and Recreation, Vincent Ekow Assafuah has said that he won’t support Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kurt Okraku to seek another term in office.
He will be seeking a third term pending a Congress decision after the proposal for an extended term limit was approved by FIFA.
Reacting to this new development in Ghana football, the Member of Parliament for the Old Tafo Constituency in the Ashanti Region said Kurt Okraku should be stopped from seeking a third term bid in order to preserve institutional integrity.
“The statutes exist to protect the Association from excessive concentration of power and to preserve institutional integrity.
“To disregard this provision, or seek its amendment to favour the ambitions of any individual, would contradict the foundational principles upon which the restructured GFA was built,” he said as quoted by Joy Sports.
He added that Ghana football currently needs a leader who brings transformation and not the one who is chasing personal ambitions.
“The laws that brought Mr Okraku to power cannot be ignored simply because they now stand in the way of his ambition.
“What Ghanaian football needs now is a leadership transition grounded in merit, fairness, and respect for its own legal frameworks — not one manufactured through manipulation or quiet constitutional change,” he said.
The proposal for Kurt Okraku’s third term bid as GFA president will either be accepted or voted against at the upcoming Ordinary Congress on August 12, 2025.
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