{"id":42871,"date":"2025-02-14T11:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=42871"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:07:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:07:39","slug":"gfa-squashes-by-election-to-replace-gifty-oware-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/gfa-squashes-by-election-to-replace-gifty-oware-false\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA squashes by-election reports to replace Gifty Oware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ghana Football Association has denied reports of holding a by-election to replace Gifty Oware-Mensah.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><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><\/p>\n<p>This week media reports went rife that the co-owner of Berry Ladies Football Club has not been present at Executive Committee meetings since the turn of the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Her absence from ExCo meetings prompted suggestions that she is not around and that a new member would have to take up her seat on the Committee.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Desmond Ofei reslishes exciting U20 Tournamnet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/desmond-ofei-reslishes-exciting-u20-tournamnet\/\">Desmond Ofei relishes exciting U20 Tournament<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saharafootball.net has learned that the news of her replacement is untrue as she was involved in meetings held by the Executive Council meeting last week.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Desmond Ofei happy to escape Group B\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/desmond-ofei-happy-to-escape-group-b\/\">Desmond Ofei happy to escape Group B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oware-Mensah gained a seat on the ExCo through the Women\u2019s Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n<p><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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana Football Association has denied reports of holding a by-election to replace Gifty Oware-Mensah.\u00a0 &nbsp; This week media reports went rife that the co-owner of Berry Ladies Football Club has not been present at Executive Committee meetings since the turn of the new year. 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