World football governing body FIFA has granted formal approval to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to extend the term limit of its presidency from two terms to three, GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm.

This significant amendment aligns the GFA's presidential term limit with those of FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and corrects a long-standing inconsistency in the GFA's governance framework, where members of the Executive Council were eligible to serve three terms, but the President, who is an integral part of the same Executive Council, was limited to only two terms.

The journey toward this statutory reform began when the GFA received multiple proposals from its members advocating for various amendments to the Association's governing statutes.

In response, the Executive Council established a Statutes Review Committee, chaired by Dr.