Kurt Okraku to contest unopposed for GFA presidency

Afriyie, a former vp of the Ghana FA, hoped to unseat incumbent GFA president Okraku after dropping out 4 years in the past.

Nevertheless, earlier in September, Afriyie was disqualified after the Elections Committee stated he failed to offer the required variety of GFA members to endorse his candidature.

The Committee stated he used an unqualified individual – Jeffrey Asare – to endorse his nomination types and it was later discovered that Asare wasn’t a Director at Victory Membership Warriors FC as he had claimed on the types.

The soccer administrator went on to lodge an attraction, arguing that the Committee breached some articles in disqualifying him.

He argued that he had six GFA members to endorse his type and that the Committee did not apply Article 8(3) of the FA laws on elections, including that there have been six panel members throughout his vetting as a substitute of the mandated 5.

Nevertheless, the Appeals Committee nonetheless upheld his disqualification, clarifying solely 5 endorsements had been allowed on the shape and that the sixth member he cited was not a part of the panel and was simply an in-house lawyer offering administrative help to the Committee.

Afriyie was the one different contender within the GFA presidential race and his disqualification means Okraku will now contest unopposed, together with his probabilities of getting a second time period at an all-time excessive.