{"id":466583,"date":"2018-02-22T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/all-you-need-to-know-about-gfas-24th-congress\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:30:27","slug":"all-you-need-to-know-about-gfas-24th-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/22\/all-you-need-to-know-about-gfas-24th-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"All you need to know about GFA\u2019s 24th Congress"},"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, 22 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>sportsnetghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/39105316.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nyantakyi Ghana League\" title=\"Nyantakyi Ghana League\" width=\"295\" height=\"151\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kwesi Nyantakyi, president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA)<\/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\/02\/1519302627_564_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Wednesday, 21 January, 2017 held its 24th Ordinary Session of Congress at the FA\u2019s Secretariat in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Congress wasn\u2019t scheduled for yesterday but after a vote, 80 delegates voted in favour of Congress to be held while 11 Delegates voted against the motion of congress being held especially after the courts dismissed Great Olympics application for interlocutory injunction on the commencement of the 2017\/18 football season.<\/p>\n<p>In his address at the congress, President of the GFA, Kwesi Nyantakyi, declared Tema Youth, Great Olympics and Bolga All Stars were officially relegated after occupying bottom spot in the 2016\/17 Ghana Premier League (GPL) while winners of the various zones in last season\u2019s Division One League namely Dreams FC, Techiman Eleven Wonders and Karela promoted to the top division.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the GFA further reiterated the association desire to follow the three-year calendar of the association and further stated that any unforeseen circumstance will be dealt with by \u201cclosing the gap by picking the dates on the new calendar,\u201d Nyantakyi said.<\/p>\n<p>Nyantakyi further revealed that, they will make new appointment with regards to the position of General Manager, Marketing Directors and Media Officers of various leagues who will see to the day-to-day running of all domestic competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Nyantakyi also stated that, they will ensure the full digitization of the records keeping of various competitions which will help eliminate the human error which has proved very detrimental to the difficulties of the GFA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aCHDwYA1n94\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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