With two days left for the first Ghana Boxing authority (GBA) congress, it appears some members of the Authority are at a loss as to who is eligible to vote.
One major concern of members, as confided in the Times Sports over the weekend, is why the exact number of delegates has still not been made public with members left to make wild conjectures.
Already, the blame has been put at the doorstep of the five-man Interim Management Committee (IMC) set up by the National Sports Authority (NSA) with oversight responsibility over the organisation of the congress to elect a new executive for the Authority.
A section of the members hold the view that the IMC led by J.A Annan has done very little to inform and enlighten the stakeholders as to who is eligible to vote and how the voting process will be like on election day.
But Mr. R. O Lamptey, a member of the IMC revealed to the Times that it was in the process of coming out with a detailed release which will capture all the concerns of the stakeholders before congress day.
“We have heard the concerns of the stakeholders and we are working tirelessly to bring out modalities for the election before the D-day,” he revealed.
He said all the stakeholders will be duly registered and accredited before the congress with all their concerns sorted out.
Mr Lamptey explained that congress would admit two representatives each from the identifiable groupings such as trainers, promoters, matchmakers, managers, ring officials, professional boxers and veteran boxers associations as well as the boxing clubs or gyms.
He noted that only one of the two representatives will have the right to vote.
Aside the aforementioned groups, a representative each from the regions will also join all the immediate past executive board members and past chairmen of the Authority to vote.
Congress, the highest decision making body of the Authority will choose between messrs Henry Manly-Spain, Francis Decland, Peter Zwennes and immediate past chairman Samir Captan in a keenly contest for the presidency while the first and second vice president slots as well as four slots on the executive board and a treasure position will also be up for grabs for a four year term.
