{"id":90350,"date":"2023-08-09T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/09\/wafa-announce-withdrawal-from-division-one-league\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T15:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:26:05","slug":"wafa-announce-withdrawal-from-division-one-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/09\/wafa-announce-withdrawal-from-division-one-league\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFA announce withdrawal from Division One League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"371\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/card-west-african-football-academy-60451-696x371.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"card-west-african-football-academy-60451\"\/><\/div>\n<p>West African Football Academy Sporting Club (WAFA SC) has officially sent a written notification to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to inform the Association of the decision of the club to withdraw from the Access Bank Division One League.<\/p>\n<p>The club, among other reasons, explained the current change of policy direction to fully focus on developing young football talents through the academy system in the Volta Region of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Council of GFA in the coming days will exercise its power under Article 78 of the GFA Statutes to find a replacement for WAFA in the Access Bank Division One League, Zone 2 in light of the established precedents.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>All stakeholders and clubs in the Division One League Zone 2 are to take note of the withdrawal of WAFA SC.<\/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=\"IJi8aT2XBDg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premotobre Sports News on Adom TV (09-08-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IJi8aT2XBDg?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>West African Football Academy Sporting Club (WAFA SC) has officially sent a written notification to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to inform the Association of the decision of the club to withdraw from the Access Bank Division One League. 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