{"id":38139,"date":"2023-03-24T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=38139"},"modified":"2023-03-24T18:03:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T18:03:36","slug":"goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa","title":{"rendered":"GOC Salutes New President Of Rugby Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Olympic Movement in Ghana led by its President Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah has hailed the newly elected President of Rugby on the African continent.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr Herbert Mensah, a former Chairman of the Media \/Communications Committee of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), was expected to win the elections and he did so in some spectacular style.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mensah who is also a former President of the Ghana Rugby Union, swept to a landslide victory during the 15th General Assembly of Rugby Africa in Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The former Asante Kotoko CEO won with 30 votes, against his main contender, George Owuo from Uganda, who got one vote.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Ghana Olympic family, Ben Nunoo Mensah, said the entire sports fraternity of Ghana and abroard members of the GOC are very proud of Herbert Mensah\u2019s achievement by winning the highest position at Rugby Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the Ghana Olympic Committee, board and sports federations in Ghana we hail your hard work, dedication and commitment to sports, especially Rugby. It is our fervent desire that you will distinguish yourself in your new position to promote and project Ghana, as well as develop Rugby to the best and highest standard all over the continent of Africa and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GOC believes in your capacity and capabilities as well as your passion in developing the youth. We know you are a great inspiration and motivation to many people and pray for more wisdom and God\u2019s guidance to excel in the new position \u201c.<\/p>\n<p>The GOC President expressed his confidence in Mr. Herbert Mensah to bring on board new ideas and innovation to Rugby Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mensah thus replaces the outgoing Rugby Africa President from Tunisia Khalid Babou.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GOC acknowledges Herbert Mensah as a driving force for the growth and development of Rugby in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the new President of Rugby Africa has also contributed to the sport\u2019s progress in West Africa thanks to his vast business network, leadership style and immense experience in sports administration.<\/p>\n<p>GOC COMMUNICATIONS<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. The Olympic Movement in Ghana led by its President Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah has hailed the newly elected President of Rugby on the African continent. Mr Herbert Mensah, a former Chairman of the Media \/Communications Committee of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), was expected to win the elections and he did so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17,5099],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-38139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GOC Salutes New President Of Rugby Africa - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Olympic Movement in Ghana led by its President Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah has hailed the newly elected President of Rugb ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOC Salutes New President Of Rugby Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Olympic Movement in Ghana led by its President Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah has hailed the newly elected President of Rugb ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-24T19:33:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679662459.10.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GOC Salutes New President Of Rugby Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-24T19:33:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa\"},\"wordCount\":358,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679662459.10.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/goc-salutes-new-president-of-rugby-africa\",\"name\":\"GOC Salutes New President Of Rugby Africa - 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