{"id":107030,"date":"2023-10-05T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T11:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/05\/kwesi-appiah-elected-as-ghana-fa-executive-council-member\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T11:36:29","slug":"kwesi-appiah-elected-as-ghana-fa-executive-council-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/05\/kwesi-appiah-elected-as-ghana-fa-executive-council-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Appiah elected as Ghana FA Executive Council member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EPmv_0YWAAUxe9C.jpg\"   alt=\"Kwesi Appiah\" title=\"Kwesi Appiah\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwesi Appiah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Black Stars coach, James Kwesi Appiah has been elected as an Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).<\/p>\n<p>The Asante Kotoko Interim Management Committee (IMC) chairman had 10 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah will represent the Premier League clubs on the Executive Council.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The former Ghana international remains the only ingenious coach who qualified the Black Stars for the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association election is currently ongoing in Tamale, with other positions set to be decided.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, FIFA sent a strong delegation to monitor events in the Northern Regional capital.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, GFA President, Kurt Okraku retained his seat as President of the federation after receiving 97.1% of votes, with only two people voting against his retention.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"5w_2LkMKZz0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alleged Threat: Ashanti Regional NPP chairman warns persons allegedly intimidating him- Adom TV News\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5w_2LkMKZz0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwesi Appiah Former Black Stars coach, James Kwesi Appiah has been elected as an Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). 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