The Ghana Deaf Sports Federation (GDSF) held a fruitful Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Media Center in the Accra Sports Stadium, where issues of mutual interest and concern towards the development of the federation were discussed.
It was also an end-of-year meeting for executives and stakeholders of the deaf sports fraternity to meet and decide on the way forward for the deaf community.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr Setumte Dodzi Ametewee Vice Chairman of Deaf Athletics said the leadership must come together to ensure unity and stability for the development of the sports.
He said, “as a federation, we must work together as a team to fast-track development and I urge members to be ready for the task ahead”.
He said the move was to enable the federation to put in place an appropriate and effective mechanism aimed at ensuring all-inclusive participation in the grassroots, free, fair and transparent election.
The AGM validated a one-year period for election after the Deaflympics games in Tokyo, Japan.
The AGM also admitted new leaders from Deaf Tennis, Deaf Basketball, Deaf Rugby, Deaf Swimming and Deaf Golf to the sports fraternity within GDSF.
In attendance were representatives from all the 13 members of the association including Deaf Volleyball, Deaf Handball, Deaf Cycling, Deaf Athletics, Deaf Basketball, Deaf Lawn Tennis, Deaf Golf, Deaf Rugby, Deaf Bowling, Deaf Cricket, Taekwondo, Judo and Wrestling. The only affiliate absent is Ghana Deaf Football Association (GDFA) among others.
