Ghana's football association paid the bills of 16 new mothers at Korle Bu

Sixteen mothers who could not leave Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after giving birth went home with their newborns after the Ghana Football Association paid their bills. GhanaWeb reported the payment on November 7, 2026. Association president Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku led a delegation to the hospital in Accra on Friday, November 6, and settled 84,000 cedis in the name of the Black Stars.

GhanaWeb said some of the women had been unable to leave for as long as three months, and others for at least a week, because they could not pay. The payment cleared the outstanding bills for all 16. The mothers thanked the delegation and prayed for the team before upcoming internationals.

With Simeon-Okraku were Executive Council member Samuel Aboabire, deputy general secretary and director of national teams Alex Asante, and GFA Foundation director Malcolm Frazier Appeadu, along with regional association representatives, Black Stars technical staff, and other senior officials. The news is this payment and these 16 families. It does not say what each bill was for, or how many other patients at Korle Bu still cannot leave.