{"id":97928,"date":"2023-09-07T06:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/07\/george-afriyie-disqualified-from-2023-gfa-presidential-elections\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T06:45:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:45:17","slug":"george-afriyie-disqualified-from-2023-gfa-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/07\/george-afriyie-disqualified-from-2023-gfa-presidential-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"George Afriyie disqualified from 2023 GFA Presidential Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/George-Afri-1.jpeg\"   alt=\"George Afriyie\" title=\"George Afriyie\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Afriyie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr George Afriyie has been disqualified from\u00a0contesting the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a ruling signed by the Ghana Football Association (GFA)\u00a0Election Committee led by Esq. Joseph Bernard Ashalley on Wednesday evening, Mr Afriyie\u2019s vetting on Monday, August 21 was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>However, George Afriyie has the right to appeal the decision; this must be done before Monday, September 11 at 17:00 GMT.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Former GFA Vice President, Afriyie\u2019s unsuccessful vetting process was decided on two grounds by the Elections Committee namely:<\/p>\n<p><em>Failure to provide the required number of Ghana Football Association members to support your candidate<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Failure to meet the requirements to contest the election for the position of GFA President due to having the support of four GFA members after the Jeffrey Asare\u2019s endorsement rendered invalid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s GFA Presidential Election was scheduled to take place on September 27 at the Redaach Memorial Hotel in Tamale but has been postponed due to legal issues.<\/p>\n<p>Division One League side, King Faisal FC has filed an injunction against the elections being held on the above-mentioned date and thus the case has been adjourned to September 19.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent GFA President, Kurt Okraku is the sole candidate in the running for the GFA Presidential seat at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the GFA Election Committee\u2019s ruling on George Afriyie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230906-195705.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230906-195717.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot_20230906-195724.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\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=\"DMuXNzNtUfg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elections: NDC swears in national officers, aims to provide credible alternative to NPP (6-9-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMuXNzNtUfg?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>George Afriyie Mr George Afriyie has been disqualified from\u00a0contesting the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Presidential elections. In a ruling signed by the Ghana Football Association (GFA)\u00a0Election Committee led by Esq. Joseph Bernard Ashalley on Wednesday evening, Mr Afriyie\u2019s vetting on Monday, August 21 was unsuccessful. However, George Afriyie has the right to appeal the decision; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97928","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>George Afriyie disqualified from 2023 GFA Presidential Elections - 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\/09\/07\/george-afriyie-disqualified-from-2023-gfa-presidential-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Afriyie disqualified from 2023 GFA Presidential Elections - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"George Afriyie Mr George Afriyie has been disqualified from\u00a0contesting the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Presidential elections. 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