Graphic MD, 2 others on GOC Electoral Commission

The Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Ing Kenneth Ashigbey has been appointed to the Elections Commission of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC).

The three-member Commission also has Ghana Boxing Authority president, Peter Zwennes as well as legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory as members.

The Commission members were appointed last Saturday at the Extra ordinary Congress of the GOC held at the Theodosiah Okoh Stadium.

The trio have been tasked by the congress to oversee processes leading up to the GOC's elective Congress next year and will also receive the nomination forms of persons contesting for Executive Board positions in the GOC.

The Congress was chaired by the First vice president of the GOC Madam Deborah Cubagee in the absence of the GOC President Prof Francis Dodoo

The president of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation, Ben Nunoo Mensah led the calls for people from outside the GOC to serve on the Commission while Sahnoon Mohammed of the Ghana Cycling Federation said members of the GOC Congress should be the first option but outsiders should be considered if members were unwilling to serve on the Comission.

The first two members of the Elections Comission, Ing Ashigbey and Mr Zwennes were nominated and accepted without protest. However, Mr Sory was appointed only after a protest to the nomination of the organising secretary of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), Samuel Aryeh, who withdrew.

In an interview after the Congress, Ing Ashigbey who doubles as the vice president of the Ghana Table Tennis Association, expressed gratitude to his peers for having confidence in his capabilities assuring that the elective Congress will come-off without a hitch on March 15.

 He said, "It is a privilege for your peers to repose such trust in you. Considering the fact that there is a lot of perception and mistrust around the task task given to the commisision is an onerous one. What we will strive to do is to ensure that there is a lot of transparency and fairness and openness in the whole election process.

The Congress also nominated and approved a five-menber Disciplinary/Grievance and Dispute Resolution Committee.

It has Appeals Court judge, Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu, president of the Handball Association of Ghana, Ken Dzirasah, Former GOC boss,  Benson Tongo Baba, GOC honorary member, Peter Kpordugbey and former Ghana Rugby Association president, Gifty Annang Myers.