The Committee for Professional Boxing Stakeholders (CPBS) has debunked claims made by Mohammed Amin Lamptey that CPBS is an ‘Illegal Entity’. A release copied to all media houses and signed by the secretary of CPBS, Alex Ntiamoah Boakye, explained that CPBS was instituted in line with the New Sports Regulation of 1988 (the law that governs sports in Ghana, including boxing), hence cannot be described by anyone as an illegality.
Here is the full statement.
To All Media Houses:
I wish to bring to the knowledge of the general public that the claim of Mohammed Amin Lamptey and any other persons that the Committee for Professional Boxing Stakeholders (CPBS) is an “illegal entity” as not true because they lack the knowledge of the New Sports Regulations -LI 1988 (the law that governs sports in Ghana, of which professional boxing is no exception).
The Committee for Professional Boxing Stakeholders (CPBS) is legitimate as it derives it legal standing from the New Sports Regulations, LI 1988.
Section one (1) of the Regulations (LI 1988) prescribes that a person may form or join a sports association either as an amateur or professional.
Also, Section Four (4) spells out that a sports association registered with the National Sports Authority shall have members that consist of persons who are interested in the sport – that is, the stakeholders.
The Committee for Professional Boxing Stakeholders (CPBS) is an ad-hoc committee made up of professional boxing stakeholder groups (which includes Professional Boxing Trainers, Managers & Promoters, Ring Officials, Old Boxers and Matchmakers & Agents) that is charting the course of getting a legal professional boxing body in place to govern professional boxing in Ghana through the enactment of a constitution at a congress as prescribed by the New Sports Regulations (LI -1988). It is not an alternative Ghana Boxing Authority.
This is to rebut the various claims by the so-called Ghana Boxing Authority’s Communications Director, Mohammed Amin Lamptey’s claim that the CPBS is an “illegal entity.”
This is high time Mohammed Amin Lamptey made a background check from the New Sports Regulations (LI-1988) and stop infecting the general public with lies, as it is clear that he is ignorant of the laws that govern sports in Ghana, of which professional boxing is no exception.
Amin Lamptey has made numerous claims that the GBA is autonomous and not a subordinate of the National Sports Authority – just a ploy to escape the congress agenda until the CPBS petitioned the Sports Minister.
The Sports Ministry thereby set the record straight by ordering that the congress must be organised as soon as possible, and now that the old ploy has been made useless, he (Amin Lamptey) is now infecting the general public with lies that the CPBS is an “illegal entity” due to his ignorance.
I wish to bring to the ignorant Amin Lamptey’s notice that if any organisation or body should be labelled an illegal entity, then it should be the current Ghana Boxing Authority and the board under the chairmanship of his boss, Samir Captan.
This is due to the following reasons ;
1. I wish to ask where the current GBA derives its legality from to be recognised as a
legal entity since the statute (section 10 of the Old Sports Regulations – LI 1088) that established the GBA has been revoked, and
2. Even the appointment period (under the Old Sports Regulations -LI 1088) that mandated the current GBA board under the leadership of Samir Captan expired as far back as July 28, 2011.
In the light of the above and in accordance with the New Sports Regulations – LI 1988, the Committee for Professional Boxing Stakeholders (CPBS) is legal and has the capacity and mandate to charter the course of the congress agenda for professional boxing in Ghana, and therefore needs no approval or directives from any usurping body.
The CPBS is still working tirelessly to get a legitimate Professional Boxing Board in place to govern professional boxing in Ghana and, within a few weeks, will come out with the modalities and date of the congress to open nominations for able Ghanaians who can serve as administrators of professional boxing in Ghana.
Thank you very much.
Signed
Alex Ntiamoah-Boakye
Secretary, CPBS
By Peter Quao Adattor
