President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, has appealed to the government for tax exemption on imported equipment and clothing for the country’s national teams, describing the existing regulations as a financial burden on the association. At the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture, he asked why the association should incur additional costs to access the equipment needed by the national teams. He cited instances where the GFA struggled to clear playing kits from port due to financial constraints, revealing that the situation once threatened the Black Stars’ preparations for a match against South Africa at Capeme Coast. Finance. There are times when I’ll send the director of national teams here to the harbor to get 30 strips, which happened when we played South Africa in Cape Coast so they could wear the Black Stars jerseys,” said the tax types? he added. Items provided through the GFA’s technical partnership include matchday and training kits, boots, training equipment and branding materials, all of which attract import duties.