{"id":71013,"date":"2023-05-26T16:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/26\/gfa-elections-i-am-not-interested-amanda-clinton\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:08:19","slug":"gfa-elections-i-am-not-interested-amanda-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/26\/gfa-elections-i-am-not-interested-amanda-clinton\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA Elections: I am not interested \u2013 Amanda Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5769846660912_253250652458.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Clinton\" title=\"Amanda Clinton\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Clinton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Failed Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidential aspirant,&nbsp;Amanda Clinton, has disclosed that she will not&nbsp;contest in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>The renowned lawyer was the only female who contested the presidential elections in October 2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, Amanda&nbsp;amassed zero votes during the contest as Kurt Okraku emerged as&nbsp;the winner.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview, Amanda stated that she will not be found anywhere near this year\u2019s GFA presidential contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learnt my lessons in the last time round,\u201d she told Accra-based Original FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I don\u2019t think I\u2019m ready to run this year.&nbsp; I really have to do my grassroots work, which I\u2019m doing now,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Clinton hinted at the possibility of contesting for the position next four years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI might be available to contest again in the next four or eight years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Okraku secured 44 votes in the first round of voting. Former FA Vice President, George Afriyie rounded up 40 votes, while Kotoko CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah amassed 27.<\/p>\n<p>The voting went into a second round, where Okraku missed the required 50% plus one by just two votes after securing 59. George Afriyie managed 43 votes, before pulling out of the mandated third round.<\/p>\n<p>Okraku entered the round as the sole candidate and secured the needed 50% plus one, with 93 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Okraku\u2019s first term ends in October later this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            &lt;!&#8211;  <!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>            [embedded content]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Clinton Failed Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidential aspirant,&nbsp;Amanda Clinton, has disclosed that she will not&nbsp;contest in the upcoming elections. The renowned lawyer was the only female who contested the presidential elections in October 2019. However, Amanda&nbsp;amassed zero votes during the contest as Kurt Okraku emerged as&nbsp;the winner. Speaking in an interview, Amanda stated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GFA Elections: I am not interested \u2013 Amanda Clinton - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/26\/gfa-elections-i-am-not-interested-amanda-clinton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GFA Elections: I am not interested \u2013 Amanda Clinton - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amanda Clinton Failed Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidential aspirant,&nbsp;Amanda Clinton, has disclosed that she will not&nbsp;contest in the upcoming elections. 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