GAF female volleyball team playing a match of convenience at the ongoing Military Games in Nigeria
I see this move as highly unprofessional and disrespectful to the game of handball.
For an institution like Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), to attend an International Competition of this magnitude, and to think that they would not go with the female Handball team but decided that the volleyball team should represent the female handball team is completely misplaced and whoever took that decision must bow in shame.
With all due respect, I believe the Senior Officers of GAF were way aware of the tournament they attended.
Disciplines were sent to them ahead of the tournament, and they knew of what was expected before they travelled to Nigeria.
What prevented them from sending the female handball team?
Once they decided to go with only the male team, they should have known the consequences and the repercussions.
The coaches shouldn't have allowed such atrocities to happen.
Are the coaches trying to say that if they go for their operations and there is no pilot so required for that operation, they would allow a motor (okada) rider to pilot their plane?
That is the implication of what the coaches have done.
It also undermines the integrity of the female handball players of GAF.
It is so mind boggling for such a decision to be carried out by an astute institution like GAF, because this is not a well thought through decision to be carried out.
It is a very bad precedence, and I know the high-ranking officers would not support this idea, because it is sending a bad signal in the event of recruiting handball players into the military.
Don't let us be anxious about acquiring medals or trophies, but rather we should put systems in place to build formidable handball players, which could go a long way to support the national handball development.
I think GAF owes the handball fraternity and the entire nation an apology.
Kofi Yesu
Immediate-Past GAHA President.
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