Nunoo Mensah chases Prof. Dodoo for GOC presidency

When nominations closed on Tuesday March 7, only two persons filed to contest the presidential slot of the Ghana Olympic Committee’s upcoming election. They are the current president of Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Prof. Francis Dodoo and the president of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation Ben Nunoo Mensah. The election is scheduled for March 15, 2017 and expected to be held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra. About 35 personalities in the sports sector including president of the Ghana Rugby Union Herbert Mensah, and former 2^nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ken Dzirasah have filed their nominations for various positions. The Ghana Olympic Committee has been dogged with a number of controversies leading to its congress being injunctied in July 2016 for instance. __________________________________________________ Read: GOC’s congress hit by injunction __________________________________________________ Even in the run-up to next week’s election, there has been an allegation of people being given voting rights as delegates though they are not associated with any federation amidst fears of manipulation.

Nominees vying for various positions are: PRESIDENT 1.Profs.Francis Dodoo 2.Mr.Ben Nunoo Mensah 1ST VICE PRESIDENT 1.Paul Atchoe 2.Deborah Kubadzi 2ND VICE PRESIDENT 1.Michael Nunoo 2.Emmanuel Tetteh 3RD VICE PRESIDENT 1.Evans Yeboah 2.George Lamptey SECRETARY GENERAL 1.Richard Akpokavie 2.Mohammed Sahnoon ASST.SEC GENERAL 1.Richmond Quarcoo 2.Joseph Mingle TREASURER 1.Christopher Esirifi 2.Frederick Lartey Otu ASST.TREASURER 1.Kenneth Arthur 2.Theophilus Wilson 3.Bernard Quartey FIVE REP FOR OLYMPIC SPORTS 1.Mahadi Mohammed 2.Herbert Mensah 3.Obo Addy 4.Michael Aggrey 5.Ken Dzirasah 6.Mawuko Afadzinu 7.Albert Frimpong 8.Isaac Duah 1 REP. FOR NONE OLYMPIC SPORT 1.Williams Ampofo 2.Emmanuel Nii Quaye 1 REP. OF NATIONAL FEDERATION AFFILIATED TO GOC 1.Joseph Kwasi Okah THREE OTHER MEMBERS 1.Melvin Brown 2.George Owusu Ansah 3.Abdul Yartey 4.Yaw Ampofo Ankrah 5.George Addo Quaye 6.Jerry Amert Shaib 7.Alfred Boye Source: editors.3news.com|Ghana