{"id":451985,"date":"2018-01-03T22:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T22:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/03\/be-motivated-by-caf-awards-president-akufo-addo-tells-footballers\/"},"modified":"2018-01-03T22:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T22:30:28","slug":"be-motivated-by-caf-awards-president-akufo-addo-tells-footballers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/03\/be-motivated-by-caf-awards-president-akufo-addo-tells-footballers\/","title":{"rendered":"Be motivated by CAF awards &#8211; President Akufo-Addo tells footballers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Soccer News of Wednesday,  3 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/97256542.295.jpg\" alt=\"Caf 3 Presidents\" title=\"Caf 3 Presidents\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo poses with CAF and GFA presidents Mr Ahmad and Mr Nyantakyi respectively<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1515018628_639_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaian footballers to be motivated by the annual awards of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), to attain the highest standards in their football career.<\/p>\n<p>This, the President held, would fast-track the development of the game on the Continent.<\/p>\n<p>The President said this when the President of the CAF, Mr Ahmad Ahmad called on him at the Flagstaff House In Accra on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahmad was accompanied by CAF First Vice President Kwesi Nyantakyi and other executives of the Continent&#8217;s football controlling body.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahmad&#8217;s call was to inform President Akufo-Addo of the CAF awards to be held in Accra on Thursday January 4, 2017 at the Accra International Conference (AICC).<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo stressed the need for further development of the sport on the continents, considering the passion with which the people loved the game.<\/p>\n<p>He was elated with the decsion of the CAF to hold this year\u2019s awards in Ghana and expressed his resolve to support the Continent&#8217;s football controlling body and its executives to succeed in their vision for the development of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahmad was grateful to President Akufo-Addo for Ghana&#8217;s support during the CAF elections and thanked the President in advance for honouring the event.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 66 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" 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