{"id":22760,"date":"2019-09-05T20:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T20:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=22760"},"modified":"2019-09-05T20:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T20:59:23","slug":"congress-adopts-new-gfa-statutes-election-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/congress-adopts-new-gfa-statutes-election-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress adopts new GFA Statutes, election regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Congress adopts new GFA Statutes, Election regulations<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"m_1609578981099061543p3\"><span class=\"m_1609578981099061543s2\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">Congress of the Ghana Football Association has voted unanimously to adopt the proposed new statutes presented before it by the Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/h3>\n<p class=\"m_1609578981099061543p3\"><span class=\"m_1609578981099061543s2\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">At a historic Extraordinary Congress in Accra, members voted massively to adopt the Statute, which has now become binding on the GFA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_1609578981099061543p3\"><span class=\"m_1609578981099061543s2\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">155 members present voted to unanimously adopt the revised Statutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_1609578981099061543p3\"><span class=\"m_1609578981099061543s2\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">The adoption of the revised statutes paves the way for elections to be conducted to elect a new president for the Association, as well as a new board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_1609578981099061543p3\"><span class=\"m_1609578981099061543s2\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">Meanwhile Congress also unanimously adopted the Normalization Committee\u2019s proposed regulations for the upcoming elections of the GFA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; 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