{"id":273730,"date":"2011-01-13T13:25:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46811"},"modified":"2011-01-13T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T13:25:12","slug":"ioc-bans-ghana-olympic-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/13\/ioc-bans-ghana-olympic-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"IOC Bans Ghana Olympic Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Olympic Committee  (IOC) on Thursday, January 13th, 2011, suspended the Ghanaian National  Committee after government failed to take agreed steps to ensure no  political interference in the body.<br \/>\nGhana has thus become the  second country to be banned following Kuwait last year, after efforts to  ensure the Ghanaian Olympic Committee (GOC) was protected from domestic  political involvement failed.<br \/>\n&#8220;They are now suspended,&#8221; the official told Reuters during an IOC Executive Board meeting.<br \/>\nAn official announcement is expected later in the day.<br \/>\nKuwait  was suspended on January 1, 2010 for political interference. In the  case of Kuwait, the IOC said the country failed to meet a Dec. 31  deadline for amending a law that allows the Gulf state to interfere in  elections of sports organizations.<br \/>\nThe IOC had been working with Kuwaiti officials since 2007 to resolve the issue.<br \/>\nIn  a related development, the Vice President of the Ghana Olympic  Committee, Mr. Frank Appiah, has confirmed the suspension in an  interview with <strong>peacefmonline.com<\/strong>. He, however, says though the  decision has been communicated to the GOC, his outfit is yet to receive  an official email or letter regarding the suspension, but expects it by  the close of day.<br \/>\nPer the suspension, Ghanaian athletes and  officials are barred from the Olympic Games and Olympic meetings, and  the Ghanaian committee will no longer receive any Olympic funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, January 13th, 2011, suspended the Ghanaian National Committee after government failed to take agreed steps to ensure no political interference in the body. 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