The Ghana Paralympic Committee has been given the permission to nominate one person to serve on the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the 2023 African Games.
This was contained in a statement to the Committee from the Youth and Sports Ministry signed by the sector Minister, Isaac Kwame Asiamah.
The statement implored the Paralympic Committee to nominate one person suitable to serve on the LOC for the event.
Meanwhile, a nine-member committee for the organization of the event has already been named.
Ghana was confirmed the host of the event by the Executive Committee of the African Union.
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The nine members of Africa Games 2023 LOC:
- 1) Kwaku Ofosu-Asare – Chairman
- 2) Dr Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah – COO / Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Youth & Sports
- 3) Mr Reks Brobby – Dep. COO. Former Olympian and an accomplished Sports Events Organizer.
- 4) Dr Mrs Beatrice Dwumfour Williams – Clinical Psychologist and University Lecturer. She is a Board Member of the National Sports Authority.
- 5) Mr Dan Kwaku Yeboah – Sports Journalist
- 6) Mr Ahmed Osumanu – Communication Consultant to the Ministry of Youth and Sports
- 7) Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah. President, Ghana Olympic Committee
- 8) Ms Eva Okyere Lawyer
- 9) Ms Joyce Datsa. Sports Administrator