{"id":424571,"date":"2017-10-03T03:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T03:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/03\/kwesi-nyantakyi-wrong-not-to-contest-2019-presidency-kofi-nsiah\/"},"modified":"2017-10-03T03:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T03:00:29","slug":"kwesi-nyantakyi-wrong-not-to-contest-2019-presidency-kofi-nsiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/03\/kwesi-nyantakyi-wrong-not-to-contest-2019-presidency-kofi-nsiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Nyantakyi wrong not to contest 2019 presidency &#8211; Kofi Nsiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday,  2 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/59896142.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Nyantakyi Zurich\" title=\"Kwesi Nyantakyi Zurich\" width=\"295\" height=\"233\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nyantakyi restated his decision last week during a TV interview after serving three terms<\/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\/10\/1506999628_943_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former General Secretary Kofi Nsiah believes Ghana FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi has taken a wrong decision not to stand re-election in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Nyantakyi restated his decision last week during a TV interview after serving three terms.<\/p>\n<p>But Nsiah, who retired in 2010, believes Nyantakyi is taking an early bow and argues his longevity should not be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I don&#8217;t believe he is leaving at the right time. I agree with him on so many issues, but not on this decision,&#8221; Nsiah told Happy FM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Some people don\u2019t understand football in this country, football is like wine, the longer you stay ,you become more matured.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;He wouldn&#8217;t have gotten to where he is now if he hasn\u2019t kept a long time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;His longer stay in football is the reason why he is serving on both FIFA and CAF positions<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;He is not serving in his personal interest, but for the nation so I thought he would keep longer time than this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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