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Kurt E.S Okraku meets Education Minister to strengthen partnership between Football and Education
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President of the Football Association, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, to discuss key areas of collaboration between the GFA and the Ministry aimed at advancing the development of football and education in Ghana.
During the meeting, held at the Ministry of Education in Accra, President Simeon-Okraku expressed his sincere appreciation to the Honourable Minister for the warm reception and his openness to dialogue on issues that bridge the gap between education and football.
He emphasised the Football Association’s commitment to building a strong and sustainable partnership with the Ministry, rooted in shared values and mutual goals that serve the national interest.
The discussions centered on the synergy between education and football, particularly how the beautiful game can be integrated more effectively into the educational framework to promote youth development, discipline and talent discovery.
President Simeon-Okraku highlighted several GFA initiatives, including the Catch Them Young Refereeing Programme and the School Football Development Project, as examples of how the Football Association is aligning its development strategy with the national education system.
He also reaffirmed the GFA’s readiness to collaborate with the Ministry on policies that support physical education and football infrastructure development in schools.
Haruna Iddrisu commended the GFA President and his administration for their proactive efforts in developing football at all levels and for recognising the important role education plays in shaping well-rounded footballers.
The Minister reaffirmed his Ministry’s willingness to work closely with the GFA to strengthen the link between academic training and football excellence, ensuring that young talents receive holistic development.
This engagement forms part of the President’s broader agenda to build strong institutional partnerships that enhance football governance, youth development and the overall sporting ecosystem in Ghana.
President Simeon-Okraku was accompanied by Executive Council members Samuel Aboabire and Gideon Fosu as well as technical director of the Football Association, Professor Joseph Kwame Mintah.
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy has appealed to the Ministry of Finance to release GH¢5.6 million to the Petroleum Commission to enable it to establish and operate a world-class data centre.
According to the Committee, access to the funds will strengthen the Commission’s capacity to manage critical upstream petroleum data and improve its operations.
Speaking during the appeal, Chairman of the Committee, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, said the move was crucial to efforts to revitalise Ghana’s upstream petroleum industry and increase oil production.
He noted that although investment and hydrocarbon production had declined in recent years, Parliament’s approval of an extension of the petroleum agreement to 2030 had attracted additional funding and contributed to an increase in production from about 80,000 to 120,000 barrels per day.
Meanwhile, concerns have been raised over repeated budget allocations for oil exploration in the Voltaian Basin.
Mr. Bedzrah stressed that funds approved for exploration must produce tangible results, adding that the Committee would require clear evidence of progress before supporting future budget allocations for the programme.
The appeal was made during a working visit to the Petroleum Commission as part of the Committee’s oversight activities to assess its operations and management procedures.
During the engagement, the Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Commission, Emeafa Hardcastle, took the Committee through the Commission’s working procedures and mandate, which includes regulating, managing and coordinating upstream petroleum activities.
She disclosed that since assuming office in 2025, government had pursued measures to reverse the decline in crude oil production, sustain output and reposition Ghana as an attractive destination for investment in Africa’s increasingly competitive petroleum sector.
In addition, she said government had secured fresh commitments of about US$35 billion to help revitalise the sector.
As part of the oversight exercise, the Committee is expected to conclude its monitoring visit with engagements at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL).
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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“No civilisation deserves to be annihilated” – Mahama calls for dialogue on global conflicts at UNGA 81
President John Dramani Mahama has called for solidarity and dialogue in resolving global conflicts, insisting that no civilisation deserves to be wiped out.
“No human civilisation deserves to be annihilated, certainly not a member state of the United Nations,” President Mahama stated in his address at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.
He called for solidarity with nations facing terrorism, especially the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), and for a uniform approach to conflicts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
On the Middle East, the President called for a return to negotiations, saying “The current Middle East crisis is having a deleterious effect on the world economy.”
“I believe that dialogue can resolve even the most intractable of problems,” he added.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
