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| Sports minister Alieu Jammeh |
Sports minister Alieu Jammeh yesterday urged the GNOC
leadership and its feuding partner, the opposition camp, to quit running or
having any interest in running the National Olympic Committee, since both sides
have demonstrated that they cannot work in unity and are derailing the massive
financial and human resource investment government and President Yahya Jammeh,
in particular, have been doing to uplift sports in the country.
‘Since 2008 to date, a colossal D100 million has been spent
by the president and his government in sport,’ Jammeh told journalists at a
press conference, adding that the current bickering and negative developments
such as the GNOC saga are not helping the nation.
‘For far too long we have been asking for common sense in the GNOC matter. Government has been very patient, engaging and seeking unity of purpose in sports throughout the country, but the response had not been positive.
