President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday described as \u201cunfortunate\u201d the rumpus in the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and gave the assurance that everything possible was being done to resolve the matter.
\n\u201cIt is regrettable. I want us to use the normal channel to resolve the matter,\u201d he told an Editors Forum at the Castle to mark the second anniversary of his presidency.
\nTwo factions in the GOC have been fighting over which of them is the legal body to run the Committee. The matter has been reported to the International Olympic Committee, which has made some demands of government, including a Sports Bill.
\nThe stand-off in the GOC followed the June 30, 2009, General Assembly which saw the election of Professor Francis Dodoo as President of the Committee to replace Benson Tongo Baba.
\nOn football issues, President Mills said he had nothing against the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi.
\nApparently referring to the confusion over the government\u2019s nomination of Abedi Pele for a post on the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football, he said it was not the intention of the government to cause confusion in the GFA.
\n\u201cIt was a mix-up. What we were doing was for Ghana to fill a lacuna that seemed to exist…If my attention had been drawn to it I would have taken the right decision\u201d
\nAbedi Pele was nominated after the government had given its blessings for Mr Nyantakyi for the post. Abedi\u2019s nomination was later withdrawn.
\nPresident Mills said \u201cwe should credit each other with the good things we do, but if people work with a hidden agenda, then we could not as a country progress\u201d.
\nHe noted that very often, \u2018we seem to be fighting among ourselves\u2019 and asked, \u201cWhat are we fighting over?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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