{"id":397235,"date":"2017-07-01T07:56:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T07:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/hadzide-blasts-gbf-over-bloated-budget\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T07:56:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T07:56:38","slug":"hadzide-blasts-gbf-over-bloated-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/hadzide-blasts-gbf-over-bloated-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadzide blasts GBF over bloated budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 30 June 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>todaygh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-06-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/97797430.295.jpg\" alt=\"Pius Hadzide Deputy Sport Minister\" title=\"Pius Hadzide Deputy Sport Minister\" width=\"295\" height=\"250\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Pius Enam Hadzide, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149615265053595\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149615265053595\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1498895798_497_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana\u2019s Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide, says the reason why the government chose not to fund the national amateur boxing team is because they weren\u2019t convinced it would be used for practical purposes.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the ministry allocated $32,000 to the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF) regulator of the Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation (GABF) for the national amateur boxing team to participate in the 2017 African Confederation Boxing Championship (AFBC), currently taking place in Brazzaville, Congo.<\/p>\n<p>The Federation initially requested approximately $50,000. However, they received nothing for this event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point, the ministry is unable to approve of the expenditure for their intended external travel,\u201d Hadzide explained in an interview with Onua FM in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came to that decision for several reasons: We believe that we are using the people\u2019s money. When we give you money for a project, you need to properly account for it to justify your demand for more\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey go on the internet, Google for competitions and find that there is going to be competitions in country A or B, bring a bill and select people that are even unknown in most cases, and say that we (the ministry) should fund them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hadzide\u2019s reasoning is questionable at best. The AFBC is overseen by the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA).<\/p>\n<p>AIBA is the organization that governs Olympic boxing, sanctions amateur boxing, and awards world and subordinate championships for amateurs. To imply that nefarious reasons are behind this funding request is like dismissing a tuition bill from the secondary school you send your child to.<\/p>\n<p>The GABF, and in turn, the GBF, isn\u2019t without blame. A forward-looking plan is needed to foster an environment that can cultivate young talent and prepare them for international competition now and in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Gideon Quartey, the late former president of the GABF, had been working to create a national amateur league that would create a competitive atmosphere and allow the cream to rise to the top. Whether this current regime has similar plans remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>However, it should be noted that Quartey bemoaned the lack of support from the old ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also conducted some due diligence on their budget and found some discrepancies in the budget that was presented and even the requirements from the international federations and the host organizations,\u201d Hadzide said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf so, the ministry could have pared the budget accordingly, rather than doing away with the event entirely. In doing so, they hurt the nation\u2019s amateur boxers, many whom hail from impoverished backgrounds and have spent their lives working at a craft that could ultimately uplift the country\u2019s stature in the sporting world.<\/p>\n<p>They also soil Ghana\u2019s name by dismissing an event that is taking place not only in Africa, but in Europe and other continents under the auspices of the most respected amateur sanctioning organization in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing out the baby with the bath water has never been a sound strategy. But Mr. Hadzide\u2019s explanation didn\u2019t end there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, we haven\u2019t seen any major program of amateur boxing development in this country that will culminate in the selection of a national team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minister also explained that the Federation\u2019s initial request of $50,000 should be used to develop the discipline locally. It\u2019s a fair point but if they\u2019re questioning the legitimacy of an AIBA event, one can only imagine the hula hoops any local initiative would have to jump through.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it\u2019s up to the Ministry of Youth &amp; Sports to work in tandem with the Federation and provide direction as needed. The ball is now back in the Federation\u2019s court. 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Ghana\u2019s Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide, says the reason why the government chose not to fund the national amateur boxing team is because they weren\u2019t convinced it would be used for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":397236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hadzide blasts GBF over bloated budget - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/hadzide-blasts-gbf-over-bloated-budget\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Hadzide blasts GBF over bloated budget - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Friday, 30 June 2017 Source: todaygh.com 2017-06-30 Pius Enam Hadzide, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports &#013; 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