{"id":151451,"date":"2024-02-14T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T15:26:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:26:57","slug":"leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Protesters participating in the \u2018Save Ghana Football\u2019 demonstrations are demanding the resignation of football authorities due to their perceived inability to address the continuous underperformance of the Black Stars and other national teams.<\/p>\n<p>The frustration stems from the Black Stars\u2019 recent early exit from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, marking the third consecutive major tournament where the team failed to advance beyond the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association, led by Kurt Okraku, is now on the lookout for its fifth Black Stars coach in the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing demonstration, which commenced at the Obra Spot in Accra, is set to traverse Asylum Down, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and will culminate with the submission of a petition at the Ghana Football Association headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters have outlined plans to extend their march to the Parliament of Ghana before concluding the protest at Independence Square.<\/p>\n<p>Some protesters held placards that read:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I tell you. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveGhanaFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveGhanaFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/atoBt36cxi\">pic.twitter.com\/atoBt36cxi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nathan Quao (@nathan_quao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nathan_quao\/status\/1757731280190312470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We just want better for Ghana football. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveGhanaFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveGhanaFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sMDCcbzN3U\">pic.twitter.com\/sMDCcbzN3U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nathan Quao (@nathan_quao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nathan_quao\/status\/1757709090929672345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! \ud83c\udf10\ud83d\udcf0 #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters participating in the \u2018Save Ghana Football\u2019 demonstrations are demanding the resignation of football authorities due to their perceived inability to address the continuous underperformance of the Black Stars and other national teams. The frustration stems from the Black Stars\u2019 recent early exit from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, marking the third consecutive major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA - 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\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Protesters participating in the \u2018Save Ghana Football\u2019 demonstrations are demanding the resignation of football authorities due to their perceived inability to address the continuous underperformance of the Black Stars and other national teams. The frustration stems from the Black Stars\u2019 recent early exit from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, marking the third consecutive major [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-14T15:26:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"880\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"517\" \/>\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\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-14T15:26:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-14T15:26:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png\",\"width\":880,\"height\":517},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/14\\\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA\"}]},{\"@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":"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA - 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\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Protesters participating in the \u2018Save Ghana Football\u2019 demonstrations are demanding the resignation of football authorities due to their perceived inability to address the continuous underperformance of the Black Stars and other national teams. The frustration stems from the Black Stars\u2019 recent early exit from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, marking the third consecutive major [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-02-14T15:26:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":880,"height":517,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.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\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA","datePublished":"2024-02-14T15:26:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/"},"wordCount":241,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/","name":"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png","datePublished":"2024-02-14T15:26:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-14-121430.png","width":880,"height":517},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/14\/leave-if-you-cant-fix-national-teams-protesters-to-gfa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Leave if you can\u2019t fix national teams \u2013 Protesters to GFA"}]},{"@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\/151451","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=151451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}