{"id":95977,"date":"2026-04-15T10:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/colonel-musa-jammeh-expected-to-enter-gff-presidential-race"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:24:08","slug":"colonel-musa-jammeh-expected-to-enter-gff-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/colonel-musa-jammeh-expected-to-enter-gff-presidential-race","title":{"rendered":"Colonel Musa Jammeh Expected to Enter GFF Presidential Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Colonel Musa Jammeh, Chief Executive Officer of Falcons FC, is expected to announce his candidacy for the presidency of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) in the coming weeks, following internal consultations, sources said.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to sources close to the development, a recent internal meeting is understood to have endorsed Jammeh\u2019s intention to contest the top position in Gambian football. His expected entry is anticipated to intensify competition ahead of the federation\u2019s upcoming electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh, who is widely known for his role at Falcons FC, has built a reputation as a football administrator focused on development, discipline and structural improvement of the game.<\/p>\n<p>His anticipated bid is expected to draw attention from football stakeholders across different levels of the sport, including clubs and grassroots organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Sources further indicated that his candidacy could receive support from figures within the current GFF leadership, including Bakary K. Jammeh, a development that may influence early campaign dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>The coming weeks are expected to be key as stakeholders await Jammeh\u2019s formal announcement and policy outline. Issues such as league development, infrastructure, player welfare and governance reforms are expected to feature prominently in the campaign discourse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Colonel Musa Jammeh, Chief Executive Officer of Falcons FC, is expected to announce his candidacy for the presidency of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) in the coming weeks, following internal consultations, sources said. According to sources close to the development, a recent internal meeting is understood to have endorsed Jammeh\u2019s intention to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-95977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Colonel Musa Jammeh Expected to Enter GFF Presidential Race - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/colonel-musa-jammeh-expected-to-enter-gff-presidential-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colonel Musa Jammeh Expected to Enter GFF Presidential Race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. 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