Ghana Athletics elections was the worse ever: Lutterodt

Former Ghana Athletics Association President, George Lutterodt  says the elections organized by the  Association over the weekend will go down as the  dirtiest  in the history of  country's  sports elections.

George Lutterodt lost narrowly to Incumbent  Professor Francis Doddo after he  pooled 8  to Francis Dodoo's  11 votes  from a total of 19 delegates  who cast their votes. George Lutterodt who sued Andrew Owusu for defamatory  comment on an Accra Radio Station some weeks back  insisted Prof Francis Doddo had to dissociate  himself  publicly from the  statement since Dr Owusu was a member of his executive team.

Lutterodt was further angered  by the organization of  Saturday's elections and expressed his frustration  in an interview with Asempa Fm.

"It was the most dirtiest  election in Ghana's Sporting history. All the accusations, slander, the attacks on people's character and the poor organization as well.. When you come to an election and  you give the sitting President  an hour  and 30 minutes to present his case as a Presidential  report and you come and tell me to present mine in five minutes how do you expect me to compete? "When you do that many people will not like to come in because of the fear of their names being ran in the mud "he asked.

Lutterodt also  hinted that  he is taking a break  from  Ghana Athletics following his failure to reclaim the Presidency  after  his reign between 2001 and 2005.

"I think  I can take  a break from Athletics ,after all I have been chairman before and  also I think we have lost  a lot of publicity ,coupled with  the  poorly advertised elections ,am stepping aside for now "he intimated

Meanwhile,  Prof. Francis Dodoo who will serve another 4-year term in office as President of the Ghana Athletics Association, committed to improving quality of leadership in his final lap as president

"Thank you all and for those who lost today, please come on board and with the right attitude we'll all work for the good of Ghana athletics. The work is a lot and the more people who are on board, the easier it will be for us all. first of all we need to fix this constitution, I feel comfortable doing it now because I cannot be elected for a third term ,once that is done  I think it will be imperative that all regional association have their elections "the GAA President said.

Dr. Silvanus L. Lamptey  was elected Vice President Marc Dzradosi is the  new Treasurer whilst Samuel Ayer was elected unopposed as Organizing Secretary. All will serve a new four-year mandate that will see them supervise the country's participation in the next Olympic Games scheduled for Rio in 2016.

  Story by Ghana/Joy Sports/George Addo Jr.