Former Black Stars legend Augustine Arhinful has revealed that he once cautioned Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Simon Okraku to be wary of the people around him.
Arhinful explained that Okraku was advocating for a policy to decentralise the status committee at the GFA, a move he strongly opposed due to some practical difficulties.
During a briefing, Arhinful advised Okraku to abandon the decentralization plans, citing his own experiences as a member of similar committees. However, Okraku was not pleased with this advice.
In an interview with Dan Kwaku Yeboah, Arhinful mentioned that this disagreement led him to write a letter to Okraku, warning him to be cautious of those around him.
“I attended Kurt’s meeting because I had heard that he wanted to decentralise the status committee, but I knew it wasn’t feasible unless certain changes were made. During the question session, I suggested that his plan to decentralize the status committee should be reconsidered because it wasn’t possible. I have been part of two status committees in Europe, one in Italy and the other in Turkey.
“He wasn’t happy with my suggestion and even told someone that I was trying to undermine him. After five years, has he done it? No… I wrote a personal letter warning him to be careful with the people around him because I realized they only tell him the positives. I sent it to his office at Asylum Down, but I don’t know if he received and read it,” Arhinful said in a video shared by Dan Kwaku Yeboah TV on YouTube.
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