"The Ghana Athletics Association Leadership Is An Autocratic One" - Former Chief Athletics Coach

Albert Nukpezah, Former Chief Coach of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has accused the present executive committee of the body of being autocratic.

Mr. Nukpezah told sportscrusader.com that, the current state of affairs of the Association is not pleasant.

He said “the executive body of the association are being autocratic with some of their decision. They have sidelined important people who matter in the sport for no reason.

“This is very bad for the growth of the sport in Ghana”. He noted.

Mr.Nukpezah also added that the President of the GAA, Professor Francis Doodo has very good ideas but has surrounded himself with inexperienced.

He said there was the need to adopt an all inclusive system of redress challenges of the Association.

 

"The Ghana Athletics Association Leadership Is An Autocratic One" - Former Chief Athletics Coach

The First Open Athletics Championship Kick Starts

The first national athletics open championship  organised by the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) will kick-start on Sunday, February 20 at the El-Wak sports stadium.

 

Madam Phillipina Frimpong, General secretary of the GAA has told sportscrusader.com about the upcoming first open championship and that associations readiness to groom talents in readiness for the upcoming African championship and the Olympic games in Rio.

 

 

She said, “the open championship which was initially scheduled for Kumasi on the Saturday 13th February, 2016 has been moved to Accra because it’s coincided with the super zonals competition scheduled for Kumasi. This as a result made the time frame for the athletes  not favorable.”

 

Madam Philipina also emphasized on the difficulty in raising funds for the upcoming event, but was hopeful the team put in place which includes Professor Duodo and other executives would be able  to solicit for sponsorship before the time is due.

 

The first open championship which is the first of five schedule for this year is to enable athlete make up the required mark to participate in the African Championship in July and the Rio Olympics in August respectively.

The First Open Athletics Championship Kick Starts