The newly elected First Vice President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Mawuko Afadzinu has assured that the association will work together with the various federations and stakeholders to bring back Ghana’s glory days at the Olympics.
The President of the Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Mawuko Afadzinu beat the former Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, by 19 votes. Out of the 57 valid votes cast by the delegates, Mr Afadzinu had 38, while Mr Sowah got 19.
The by-election was necessitated by the demise of a former First Vice-President of the GOC, Paul Atchoe, which occurred earlier in the year.
Mr Afadzinu, who was later sworn into office by the President of the GOC, Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah, thanked the delegates for reposing confidence in him and vowed to work assiduously to make the GOC an efficient enterprise for the growth and development of sports in the country.
Mr Afadzinu recalled the historic feat chalked up by the nation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and stressed the need to build upon those gains in the future.
“I am sure the biggest reward you can ever get is to see your hand work grow and become something useful to the good people of Ghana,” he added.
Speaking on what he was bringing onboard as a committee head, the gallant Sports personality said he was willing to work with his colleagues to manifest the Olympic spirit among Ghanaians and develop sports in the country.
According to him, sports had a lot of benefits in general, bringing a sense of goodness to citizens and charging the emotions of humans, which the Olympic body would work towards going forward.
“We saw what happened at the World Cup and the Olympics, anytime Ghana is doing well, we all feel so proud of our sense of identity, and we would want to see this becoming a pathway for a lot of young men and women in this country,” he said.
He urged Ghanaians to rally behind the GOC as they seek to raise the flag of Ghana high through sports.
Mr. Mawuko Afadzinu had over the years gained lots of experience and developed passion for the development of sports in Ghana, rising through the ranks as President of the Ghana Table Tennis Association, Board Member of International Table Tennis Federation and now the first Vice President of the Ghana Olympic Committee.
He has also served as Ghana’s Chef de Mission for the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas.
