Amanda Clinton expresses gratitude to Ghanaians
27th October 2019
The only female in the 2019 presidential race Lawyer Amanda Akoukor Clinton has expressed gratitude to the Ghanaian football fraternity, promising to play a role to "bring the game back the glorious days".
The crisis management expert was among the six-member contest that saw Kurt Okraku winning the presidential seat after 3rd round of voting.
"Thanks to all who played various roles to help me achieve the historic, ground-breaking & bravely in seeking the leadership role of the country's soccer governing body," she told ghanaguardian.com
"Though, I did not get the mandate to help bring the needed reforms and transformations in Ghana football,I will still play a part to get the game back the glorious days."
Amanda made history last Friday after becoming the first Ghanaian female to ever contest the GFA presidential position held in the capital Accra.
Miss Clinton is a practicing lawyer after she was called to the English and Welsh Bar in 2006 and the Ghanaian Bar in 2009 and she specialises in Crisis Management.
She believes her legal background would have added a lot in her move to carry Ghana football to a higher heights.
"Whilst my legal background and integrity would have ensured transparent and integrity as the public and international stakeholders would have believed in the Gfa brand once more," she said.
"I wasn't riding on the female ticket but the excellence ticket."