Sports Minister Alieu K. Jammeh |
The
National Sports Council (NYC), an arm of Gambia’s Sports Ministry on Sunday
announce it has annul the registration
of 21 sport associations and subsequently dissolve the executive committees
that run them as of June 18.
The
Council said it will consult with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Alieu
K. Jammeh, to identify those it called “credible people” to take charge of the
affairs of the affected associations.
It
added that it will ensure the associations go to congress and elect new
executive committees in due course.
The
sports associations whose status as national bodies have been revoked by the
NYC include that of the Gambia Draught Association of which the current
president of the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC), Mr. Momodou Dibba
belong and that of his rival Mr. Abdoulie Bax Touray, the Gambia Cycling
Association.
The
others include Gambia Fencing Association, Gambia Rugby Association, Gambia
Kung-Fu Association, Gambia Lawn Tennis Association, Gambia Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Association, Gambia National Paralympics Association, Gambia National
Paralympics Committee, Gambia Volley Ball Association, Gambia Chess
Association, Gambia Taekwondo Association, Gambia Weightlifting & Body
Building Association, Gambia Table Tennis Association, Gambia Handball
Association, Gambia Swimming Association, Gambia Scrabble Association, Gambia
Karate Association, Gambia Special Olympics, Gambia Softball Committee, and
Combine Service Sports Association.
According
to its June 17 media statement, the National sports council said it recognised only 10
sports associations as having fulfill the criteria it set out, when it actually
listed nine. These include Gambia Football Association, Gambia Wrestling
Association, Gambia Golf Association, Gambia Secondary School Sports
Association, Gambia Primary School Sports Association, Gambia Cricket
Association, Gambia Sports Journalists Association, National Inter department
Association, and Gambia Athletic Association.
The
Council noted that it is empowered by the NSC Act of 2000 to register or
deregister national sports associations, and warn that individuals or groups who
deal with the deregistered sports associations as doing it at their own risk.
The
move followed the disbandment of the executive committee of the Gambia Football
Association, GFA three months ago. The Sports Ministry has since vowed to
restructure the entire sports fraternity in the Gambia.
On
Sunday, the NSC said “It will ensure national sports associations continue to conform
to national and international rules, regulations, norms standards and codes of
conduct governing the particular sport.”
On
June 12, 2012, the Sports Ministry revived the “controversy” surrounding the
February 2011 elections of the GNOC, by calling it “a farce” and said it will
take appropriate, responsive and responsible action” in due course.
The sports ministry’s stance followed it
examination of findings by a sports tribunal it setup to look into last year’s
GNOC elections which saw Mr. Alhagie Momodou Dibba take the reins at the
expense of Mr. Abdoulie Bax Touray who boycotted the polls.
The statement
did not go down well with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which fear
governmental interference with the affairs of the autonomous body and threaten
sanctions, but the ministry said it will not be swayed by the IOC.
Written by Modou S. Joof
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