Committee for All Africa Games set up

The Ministry of Youth and Sports is in the coming-weeks expected to inaugurate a 28-member International Games Committee to oversee Ghana's preparation and participation at this year's All Africa Games in Brazzaville Congo.

A copy of the list of members of the Committee sighted by the Graphic Sports revealed that it comprised of mainly heads of federations and associations who would be participating at this year's games.

The list contains heavy-weights, including the Director General of the National Sports Authority, Joe Kpenge; the president of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi; Ghana Athletics Association president, Professor Francis Dodoo; Ghana Tennis Federation president, Justice Ernest Yao Obimpe; Ghana Badminton Association president, Nestor Percy Ghalley; Ghana Table Tennis Federation president, Mawuko Afadzinu and Ghana Weightlifting Federation president, Ben Nunoo Mensah.

Others are president of the Association of Disabled Sports, Reverend Cornelius Adja-Coffie; Ghana Cycling Federation president, Mohammed Sahnoon; Ghana Fencing Association president, Mohammed Mahadi; Ghana Judo Association president, Emmanuel Tetteh; Ghana Swimming Association president, Theophilus Wilson Edzie; Frank Kweku Famiyeh, vice-president of the Ghana Taekwondo Federation and Paul Atchoe, the president of the Ghana Volleyball Association.   

 The rest are, Saka Acquaye, the Deputy Director General-Technical of the NSA, Abdulu Musah, deputy Director General-Administration of the NSA; Reverend Otoo, the Chief Accountant of the NSA; Frederika Mensah-Davies, the PRO of the NSA and Emmanuel Sackey, the Internal Auditor of the NSA, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghana Olympic Committee, Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Director of Sports, Deputy Director and the Director of Finance. 

The 11th edition of the African Games are scheduled for September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Congo.

This year's edition marks the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the inaugural edition in 1965.