Former Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Ibrahim Sannie Daara, has backed the decision to extend the GFA presidential term limit, arguing that eight years is insufficient to make a lasting impact.
The decision came during the Ordinary Congress held on Tuesday, August 12, at the Ghanaman Soccer of Excellence in Prampram, where delegates voted to increase the GFA presidential term from two to three terms.
While the move has drawn criticism from some quarters, Sannie Daara, who now serves as Senior Media Officer at the Confederation of African Football (CAF), believes the extension is justified. "During the era of the Normalisation Committee, they tried desperately to work against what Kedsi Nyantakyi has done so there were in a hurry to put in laws that will completely win Football away from what Kurt Okraku has done but the truth is that, if you are in football administration and if you know what it takes to get influence in the game and position your country in way that they will benefit, that cannot be done in eight years," he told Sporty FM. "So, anybody with a true knowledge of football administration at the highest level will tell you that you will not have a table at the chair where decisions are made. "If you take out the CAF president [Dr Patrice Motsepe], all the Executive Council members are in their fourth terms in office," he added.
Sannie Daara's remarks underscore the argument that stability and long-term leadership are key to sustaining growth and influence in football administration.
