{"id":146459,"date":"2024-02-01T17:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:20:56","slug":"sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A group of sports journalists have secured a permit from the Ghana Police Service to demonstrate against the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports over the falling standards of football in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Citi Sports can confirm that the Ghana Police Service will release an official statement at 14:00 GMT today to announce the demonstration route.<\/p>\n<p>The group includes notable sports journalists Veronica Commey, Saddick Adams and Patrick Osei Agyemang;\u00a0Commey voiced her frustrations about the poor state of Ghana football on Citi FM\u2019s Sports Panorama.\u00a0(Click highlighted text to watch video)<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration has been planned to take place on Wednesday, February 14 in Ghana\u2019s capital, Accra to register the displeasure over the state of football in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to Saddick Adams, the event is \u201c<strong>a peaceful walk to present a petition<\/strong>\u201d that the passion of the nation-football-is dying and that \u201c<strong>there is no hate\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0but a\u00a0<strong>\u201cpositive anger\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0to change the state of affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The planned demonstration comes on the heels of Ghana\u2019s first round exit from the 2023 AFCON in Cote D\u2019Ivoire that had the Black Stars fail to win a game in three outings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_579821\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Obama.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579821\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saddick Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_579245\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Dede-1-1-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579245\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dede Ayew reacts to Ghana\u2019s 2-2 draw with Mozambique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the second AFCON edition in a row that Ghana got tossed out at the group stage with the 2021 AFCON being the worst performance by Ghana in the history of the competition after picking just a point.<\/p>\n<p>source:citisportsonline.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of sports journalists have secured a permit from the Ghana Police Service to demonstrate against the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports over the falling standards of football in Ghana. Citi Sports can confirm that the Ghana Police Service will release an official statement at 14:00 GMT today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013 - 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\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group of sports journalists have secured a permit from the Ghana Police Service to demonstrate against the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports over the falling standards of football in Ghana. Citi Sports can confirm that the Ghana Police Service will release an official statement at 14:00 GMT today [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-01T17:20:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gfa.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"377\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-01T17:20:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":260,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/gfa.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/gfa.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-01T17:20:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/gfa.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/gfa.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":377},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/01\\\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"A group of sports journalists have secured a permit from the Ghana Police Service to demonstrate against the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports over the falling standards of football in Ghana. Citi Sports can confirm that the Ghana Police Service will release an official statement at 14:00 GMT today [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-02-01T17:20:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":377,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gfa.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013","datePublished":"2024-02-01T17:20:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/"},"wordCount":260,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gfa.png","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/","name":"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gfa.png","datePublished":"2024-02-01T17:20:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gfa.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/gfa.png","width":500,"height":377},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/sports-journalists-demo-against-gfa-sports-ministry-route-to-be-announced-at-2pm\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sports Journalists demo against GFA, Sports Ministry route to be announced at 2PM \u2013"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}