Dodoo was installed on Sunday following a controversial election process that was overseen by armed guards. Dodoo, 51, competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He was elected on a pledge to bring stability to the national body after Ghana was suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier this year due to government interference.
Within hours of Dodoo being elected on Sunday, Frank Appiah, who was voted out as first vice-president of the GOC, told The Associated Press he would lead the submission of an official protest to the IOC after claiming the vote was “not properly conducted”. He said: “We shall make a protest to the IOC because the election was held after some of us who had nominated ourselves to stand for position had left the congress grounds.”
Ghana was suspended by the IOC in January after then-president B.T. Baba was voted out in favour of Dodoo in an election that was allegedly influenced by the country’s government. Ghana was readmitted to the IOC in August on the condition that it held a new vote.
The election was overseen by Joao Manuel da Costa Alegre Afonso of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, who acted as an IOC observer. Dodoo secured 38 votes against two for Kojo Adu-Asare and none for Emile Missodey. Deborah Cubagee was elected first vice-president with 39 votes to one for Appiah.
