Swimming Federation Blasts GOC

Theophilus Wilson, President of the Ghana Swimming Federation, has lashed out at the Professor Francis Dodoo-led Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) for negligence, as members of the team that travelled to represent team Ghana at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games did not include any official of the federation.

Administrators of the less-financed sports have been vocal about the GOC’s “nepotism and favouritism” in their selection of officials to represent their federation.

And Wilson, who was a victim of the GOC’s “unfair selection”, has questioned why the federation’s officials were left behind, even though their presence would have been valuable to the progress of the athletes.

“Olympics is a festival that engulfs many other things – presidents (Olympic Committee heads) seminars, Ministers heads, Local Organising Committee (LOC) seminars, Chef de Mason seminars, General secretary seminars and all these sessions are very important to the development and growth of the athletes to make them medal-winning ones as such,” he told Accra based, Radio Gold.

“Are we serious as a nation? What has been the plan of the Ghana Olympic Committee for the past four years to all the federations? The excuse from the Prof. Dodoo-led administration has been ‘no money’, true though, but the World Olympic Committee sent the money. A whopping USD720,000 is with the GOC and team Ghana now, but how many federation presidents are there now?”

Ghana has been woeful at the on-going Olympic games with no medal won yet.

Swimming Federation Blasts GOC

GOC Signs Partnership Agreement With Cocoa From Ghana

The Ghana Olympic Committee and Cocoa from Ghana on Thursday signed a partnership agreement ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The agreement brings together the umbrella body of the Olympic Movement in Ghana and one of the major players in the cocoa production business in the world.

Together, the two organisations aim to project the proud values of the country by investing in its youth using sports and cocoa production as tools for development.

As an Olympic body, the GOC seeks to develop and protect the Olympic Movement in Ghana, and to promote the ideals of the Commonwealth Games in accordance with the Olympic Charter and the Constitution of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

The agreement will be a massive boost to the efforts of the local Olympic governing body which has been using sports to positively impact the lives of Ghanaians and build career paths for hardworking sportsmen and women over the years.

The GOC President Prof. Francis Dodoo expressed his excitement about the new partnership and indicated that he thought the relationship was well-placed because, given the youthfulness of Ghana’s new generation of athletes in the various sports and the newness of the Cocoa for Ghana (CfG) brand, he could see Ghana’s performances and the CfG brand rising together over the next few years.

He also thought the opportunity for Ghanaian athletes to market a commodity that has been so historically integral to Ghana’s development was such a wonderful opportunity for the athletes to give back to our beautiful country.

Cocoa from Ghana is a Dutch based organisation desirous of projecting the image of Ghana by marketing the country’s cocoa to the outside world.

The General Manager of Cocoa from Ghana expressed his delight at the agreement.

Background:

The GOC’s primary role is as the sole authorized party to lead Team Ghana to the Commonwealth and Olympic Games.

The current GOC administration has played a leading role in sports development in Ghana.

Working through Olympic Solidarity, the GOC has invested over $1,000,000 into Sports development in Ghana since 2012.

Over two hundred people made up of athletes, coaches, journalists and administrators have directly benefited from training programmes embarked upon by the GOC through the Olympic Solidarity since 2012.

The training programmes included Technical Courses for Coaches, Sports Administration Courses, Coaching Development Scholarships, Athlete Development Scholarships, Preparation Grants for Teams attending major competitions like the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and African Youth Games.

GOC Signs Partnership Agreement With Cocoa From Ghana

GOC Hold Confab On Rio Olympics Preparations

The Ghana Olympic Committee held its first Executive Board Meeting of the year to discuss Ghana’s preparations for Rio 2016 on Thursday, 7th April, 2016 at the GOC Conference Room.

The nation is struggling to make the numbers for athletes to qualify as recently the national boxing team, the Black Bombers failed to win at least a slot in qualifying competition in Cameroon.

GOC Conference on Ghana’s preparation to Rio 2016

GOC Conference on Ghana’s preparation to Rio 2016

GOC President, Professor Francis Dodoo chaired the conference on Ghana’s preparation to Rio 2016

GOC Conference on Ghana’s preparation to Rio 2016

Ghana has just two athletes qualified for the track and field events and the GOC will hope the bombers take full advantage, prepare well and qualify with their second and only remaining chance of qualifying to Rio 2016 in Azerbaijan.

Among other things, the meeting discussed the qualification of athletes, accreditation and the appointment of an Authorised Ticket Reseller for the Games.

GOC Hold Confab On Rio Olympics Preparations