Charles Osei Asibey
Ace broadcaster and sports journalist Charles Osei
Asibey has been elected as the General Secretary of the Sports Writers
Association of Ghana (SWAG).
Widely known as ‘Barrister’, he polled a total of
98 votes out of 114 to defeat his opponent Nana Prempeh, who managed to also
poll 20 votes at the just-ended SWAG elections held across the country through
an e-ballot system.
He thanked members for the confidence reposed in
him to be the administrator of SWAG.
“It’s an honour and a challenge but together with
the leadership, I will discharge my duties with diligence being responsive and
responsible to SWAG and our partners. To my advisors and those who encouraged
me, I truly appreciate your belief in me.
“Congratulations to the Electoral Committee of
SWAG for the process and innovation. It’s a novelty we must embrace,” Osei
Asibey said.
“To the newly elected ExCo, I say ‘team work makes
the dream work”. Truly, SWAG is the winner today. Long live SWAG, long live Ghana sports.”
This is a new addition to Charles’ portfolios, as
he is currently the President of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) and
Deputy Secretary General of Armwrestling Federation of Africa (AFA).
Eligible voters of the association were 140, but
only 118 turned out to vote.
Osei Asibey, prior to his election as the secretary
for SWAG, was an executive board member in the previous board, which was led by
Kwabena Yeboah, whose unopposed candidature was overwhelmingly endorsed with a
total of 114 votes.
The Vice President of SWAG, Maurice Quansah, was
also endorsed with a total of 110 votes while the Deputy General Secretary went
to Thomas Boakye-Agyeman after polling 102 votes to defeat his opponent, Nii
Adokwei Cudjoe, who polled 16 votes.
Rosalind K. Amoh was re-elected as the treasurer
of the association after receiving a total of 108 votes to reaffirm her
position.
Four candidates contested for an available two
slots on the executive committee board and at the end of voting, Ohene Brenya
and Otuo Acheampong got the highest votes to be elected on to the executive
committee board.
Brenya got 78 votes while Otuo Acheampong got 65
votes. The other candidates, Helga Gokah, got 48 votes, while Moses Antwi
Benefo surprisingly got 45 votes.
From The Sports Desk
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