UPDATE: GOC Electoral Commission clears 35 candidates for polls

The three-man Electoral Commission of the GOC has approved the candidature of Jerry Ahmed Shaib, a member of the Ghana Special Olympics Association, bringing to 35 the number of candidates for the March 15 electoral congress slated for the Alisa Hotel in Accra.

Mr Shaib who is contesting the position of Three Other Members, initially saw his nomination placed on hold following the discovery of an error on his nomination form.

However, the GOC Electoral Commission comprised of the Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Ing Kenneth Ashigbey, Ghana Boxing Authority president, Peter Zwennes as well as legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory have cleared him to join 34 others for the polls.

A total of 12 positions are available during the elections. They include; President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Third Vice President, Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General, Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer, Five (5) Representatives Of Olympic Sports, One Representative Of Non Olympic Sports and Three Other Members.

Apart from eight people filingto contest for the five slots to represent Olympic Sport and seven others also filing to contest for the three executive member positions, all the others are straight contests between incumbents and challengers, with the most interesting, no doubt, being for the the Presidency, where Prof Francis Dodoo, the incumbent and president of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), will be challenged by Ben Nunoo Mensah, the president of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation.

Two delegates from each of the 23 Olympic sports federations, two representing the Athletes Commission and 15 representing the non Olympic Sport and federations affiliated to the GOC will elect new officers to steer affairs of the GOC for the next four years.

Below is the list of candidates for the elections;