The National Paralympic Committee (NPC) led by Mr. Samson Deen, has suspended two officials for forging documents in order to get visas for purported para-athletes to Norway.
The indefinite suspension on Theodore Mawuli Viwotor, former General Secretary of the Ghana Amputee Football Association, and Yaw Ayisi, founder of the Ernestay Foundation was announced few days ago.
This comes in the wake of reports surfaced that 11 para-athletes and officials who went to Norway for a competition in April had failed to register to participate in the event.
He revealed that the supposed paralympic team is a group of impersonators, holding themselves as members of the real paralympic team who managed to get themselves to Norway for the obvious purpose of absconding.
According to a letter signed by the Minister of National Security, a member of Ghana’s paralympic team was apprehended by Norwegian officials as he attempted to flee Norway to Sweden.
“Consequently, the Norwegian Embassy in Accra has issued alerts to other Schegen states and Western Diplomatic Missions in Accra, and other European Border Coast Guard agencies as part of efforts to apprehend and repatriate the team members,” the letter stated.
The letter also reported that the team’s coach, Mr George Gyamfi Gyasi, died on May 17, 2024, after being admitted to Oslo University Hospital.
Following these developments, the NPC has imposed an indefinite ban on Mr Theodore Mawuli Viwotor, former General Secretary of the Ghana Amputee Football Association, and Mr Yaw Ayisi, founder of the Ernestay Foundation, for their roles in the incident.
A dismissal letter sighted by Univers Sports said,
“The leadership of the NPC Ghana has taken cognizance of your actions and activities, which include unwarranted letters to embassies in Ghana requesting visas for and on behalf of purported para-athletes and officials.
“And also the falsification of the NPC-Ghana letterhead, forging of NPC’s President’s signature and stamp for your illegal operations.”
Meanwhile the Chairperson of the Youth and Sports committee in Parliament Kobina Wisdom Woyome has revealed to us that his committee will convene a meeting on the matter.
Story by Asack Pius |univers.ug.edu.gh|
