Ghana FA boss Kurt Okraku tells Parliament that picking Black Stars players is the coaches' job, not the administrators'.
Ghana's football leadership has drawn a firm line between the boardroom and the technical bench. GFA President Kurt Okraku told lawmakers that the association does not pick players for the Black Stars, and that the job belongs to the coaching staff alone.
Okraku spoke on Wednesday, November 4, before Parliament's Select Committee on Youth and Sports, where MPs quizzed him on how Ghana's national teams are run. He argued that if the Executive Committee were handing coaches names to select, someone on it would have said so publicly by now.
The comments land in the middle of a recurring debate back home. Fans and pundits keep asking about the make-up of Black Stars squads and whether administrators have a hand in technical decisions. Okraku insisted the GFA's leadership stays out of selection and leaves those calls to the technical team.
The timing matters, because the pressure on the Black Stars is real. Ghana return to action this month with a crucial double-header against Somalia in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. They need to revive a campaign that started with defeats to Côte d'Ivoire and The Gambia, so every squad decision will be watched closely.
