The idea may not be new, but it is positive. Anyway, you analyse it, Regional Football Associations (RFA) need basic logistical and infrastructural support. Fundamental to what the often under-resourced if not deprived RFAs do is an office for example.

A well-equipped office that oversees not just lower, district or regional football activities but one that maintains useful correspondence and undertake assignments helpful to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) headquarters in Accra.

Transport is vital in the roles the RFAs play. It is why I praised former GFA President, Kwasi Nyantakyi’s administration for procuring vehicles for RFAs to advance football development. It is why I also applaud the Kurt Okraku leadership for seeing wisdom in providing Nissan pickups for the present RFAs.

The pickups look new and cleaner than the buses they procured for some clubs. Ghana football has a myriad of basic needs. These needs can only be provided via judicious use of funds. Good pitches, sustainable development plan with adequate financing, training of coaches and administrators, nurturing of talents and a functional, governance system.

A system that upholds fairness, transparency, and accountability. Kurt’s regime may be grappling with matters of transparency and accountability according to their critics but there is no doubt that in fixing the fundamentals, they are faring quite well. “Our agenda of fixing the fundamentals requires that we provide our regions with the means to grow the sport effectively” said the GFA President.

“The brand-new Nissan Navarra pickups to our RFAs are critical tools to enable this agenda” he added. According to Kurt, “The brand-new Nissan pick-up trucks [given to the RFAs] today are more than just vehicles. They represent our commitment to fixing the fundamentals of our beloved sport, [and] by empowering our regional associations with the tools they need to succeed” for this I agree with Kurt and once again, laud him.