The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Kurt Simeon-Okraku, on Thursday, June 20, handed over the 2023/24 MTN FA Cup trophy to the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon A. Awandare.

The presentation of the trophy was part of the build-up ahead of the final of the competition on Sunday, June 23, at the University of Ghana Stadium.

This year's final will be between Bofoakwa Tano and Nsoatreman Football Club.

Mr Okraku emphasized the significance of choosing the University as the venue and highlighted the collaboration with Ghana's premier academic institution, discussing the future of football in Ghana.

He paid a courtesy call to the Pro Vice-Chancellor together with the Organising Committee of the FA Cup competition, GFA officials and MTN representatives.

"The biggest football competition of the GFA is called the FA Cup. It is the biggest because it is the only trophy that is fought for by 112 clubs. Division Two, Division One and Premier League Clubs compete for this coveted trophy," he said.

"The two combatants on Sunday are two newbies when it comes to FA Cup Finals history. Incidentally, the two teams come from the same region, hence our decision to christen it the Bono Derby. We have Nsoatreman FC and Tano Bofoakwa, both from the Bono Ahafo Region. They are the two teams that have meandered their way to the grand finale."

He also went ahead to explain the reason behind his office's decision to choose the University of Ghana Stadium as the venue for this season's finale.

"The University of Ghana boasts of the best football facility in the country and we believe that this amazing and beautiful trophy deserves to be associated with the best," he continued.

"To add to that, football is played by the youth and within this vicinity, there are perhaps millions of youth within the University of Ghana community. Therefore, we believe that if there is any venue that can have the best of attention [and] patronage and create the amazing football ambience and atmosphere that we want, it should be the University of Ghana."

"We believe that the University should be the primary support front of this enterprise. We believe that the staff of this University, ought to be brought closer to football. This is the time to push for the involvement of the youth in our Universities to be associated with our brand."

The game is expected to kick off at 18:00 GMT.