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\"\"<\/a>In what can only be seem as the mother of all ironies, an executive member of the suspended Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has been caught pants down in an attempt to deceive the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) about the legitimacy of the Ghana Athletics Association.<\/p>\n

According to the General Secretary of the Confederation of African Athletics Lamine Faty his outfit received a communication from the Vice President of the suspended GOC, Frank Appiah on March 24, 2011 saying that the GOC does not recognise the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) as well as nominating a former chairman of the Ghana Athletics Association Sandy Osei Agyeman for a position on the CAA Council.<\/p>\n

But the man in the eye of the storm has been giving a rude awakening by the CAA who insists that the Ghana Athletics Association is still in good standing with them.<\/p>\n

The General Secretary of the CAA Lamine Faty wrote: \u201cI would like to inform you that CAA had never been informed about this situation, let alone received any notification from its regulating body IAAF asking CAA to suspend connections with this federation\u201d<\/p>\n

Rather embarrassingly, the CAA informed Frank Appiah that nominations for the CAA Council elapsed on January 13, 2011 and that according to CAA statutes, only member federations, in this case the Ghana Athletics Association, have the power to submit applications to congress.<\/p>\n

In essence, the Ghana Olympic Committee does not have the power to nominate anybody for a position on the African Athletics governing body except the local athletics governing body.<\/p>\n

The situation can be better explained using the recent tussle between the Ghana Football Association and the government over who has the power to nominate candidates for the February 2011 CAF Executive Committee elections.<\/p>\n

Eventually the government withdrew its preferred candidate for the CAF Executive position Abedi Ayew Pele and allowed the FA\u2019s preferred candidate Kwesi Nyantakyi to stand for the position.<\/p>\n

The obvious question then arises. Why did Frank Appiah and company fail to do due diligence on the issue before causing another international blunder?<\/p>\n

It will be quite na\u00efve to conclude that Frank Appiah and the B.T. Baba led (suspended) GOC do not know the rules when it comes to nomination of candidates for positions on international sports associations.<\/p>\n

But their latest blunder can best be described as mischievous or at best childish!<\/p>\n

It will be recalled that the International Olympic Committee in its Road Map for the GOC noted that the authority to determine the legitimacy of a national federation is the preserve of the various International Federations.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that the Ghana Athletics Association and other sports associations went to congress to elect leaders that are recognised by their various International Federations, in the case of Athletics by the IAAF, the B.T. Baba led GOC administration continues to create the impression that the current GAA administration is illegitimate.<\/p>\n

But it stands to good reason if the International Olympic Committee, the body which suspended Ghana due to non compliance of the country\u2019s sports Law to the Olympic Charter is informed of the latest incident so they can take action against Frank Appiah.<\/p>\n

For close observers of the Ghana Olympic Committee, the latest controversy might not be seen as a surprise since it follows similar patterns of deceit employed by these men lately.<\/p>\n

Firstly, Ghana\u2019s official delegation to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India were not accorded the right protocol procedure due largely to the influence of Mr. B.T. Baba and co.<\/p>\n

A similar incident was reported at the Youth Olympics in Singapore.<\/p>\n

And then Mr. B.T. Baba tried to con Parliament into believing that the action by the Minister of Youth and Sports to replace LI 1088 with LI 1988 in order for the existing sports Law SMCD 54 to conform with the Olympic Charter is illegal.<\/p>\n

It did not stop there. Mr. Baba has now filed summons against Parliament, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Attorney General\u2019s Office because in his view the attempt to amend the LI contravenes the constitution of the GOC, adding that the action by the Minister is unlawful.<\/p>\n

Sorry to say, that the latest blunder by Frank Appiah and co seems just to continue that trend.<\/p>\n

Sandy Osei Agyeman<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s noteworthy that the man who has been nominated for the position, Sandy Osei Agyeman is already a member of the Council of the Confederation of African Athletics having been elected to the position three years ago.<\/p>\n

Mr. Agyeman, who is the immediate former GAA boss, is seeking re-election to his post but interestingly he has been unable to communicate his intentions to the GAA which has the power to nominate him.<\/p>\n

A source close to Mr. Sandy Osei Agyeman, revealed that there was a discussion between Mr. Agyeman and the GOC Vice President Frank Appiah on the issue some time back.<\/p>\n

The source further revealed that Mr. Agyeman is likely to contest for a slot on the Council despite the new development.<\/p>\n

Calls to Frank Appiah for his side of the story were not returned as he is thought to have travelled outside the country.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I believe it\u2019s about time somebody reigned in the activities of the B.T. Baba administration since it is increasingly becoming clear that they are desperate to cling onto power by any means necessary be it legal or illegal.<\/p>\n

And it will be interesting to find out the views of the International Olympic Committee which tacitly supports the B.T. Baba administration.<\/p>\n

By Erasmus Kwaw<\/p>\n

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