{"id":423124,"date":"2017-09-28T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/28\/i-will-not-seek-re-election-as-gfa-president-kwesi-nyantakyi\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T15:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:30:31","slug":"i-will-not-seek-re-election-as-gfa-president-kwesi-nyantakyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/28\/i-will-not-seek-re-election-as-gfa-president-kwesi-nyantakyi\/","title":{"rendered":"I will not seek re-election as GFA President &#8211; Kwesi Nyantakyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 28 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/30192935.295.jpg\" alt=\"Gfa Prez Upfront\" title=\"Gfa Prez Upfront\" width=\"295\" height=\"161\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi speaking on UPfront on JoyNews<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1506612631_415_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana Football Association President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has cleared doubts about his future in the helm of Ghana\u2019s football governing body, GFA.<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Nyantakyi revealed that he has no interest in continuing as the GFA President when his current tenure expires in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The GFA president who has been at the helm of affairs for the past 12years, effectively making him the longest-serving president, believed that it was time to step aside for a new person to take over the mantle.<\/p>\n<p>His revelation affirms recent rumors suggesting that Kwesi Nyantakyi would step aside to focus more on his duties at the continental level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow somewhere I will quit. I believe that a time will come when I have to put down my tools and take-off my boots and probably put on different clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that, \u201cI have announced already that after my current tenure, after my term, I will not seek re-election. I have announced that already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GFA President also disputed claims that the FA has a hand in the team selection for games by the Head Coach of the Black Stars.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe noted that such practices are archaic and do not help the course of football.<\/p>\n<p>He told host of UPfront on JoyNews, \u201cThat\u2019s an outmoded practice. We heard it before I came to GFA that management members interfere with team selection but ever since I got associated with the FA, I haven\u2019t seen anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Nyantakyi became President in 2005 and has been re-elected on two occasions. 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