THE construction of the Guyana Olympic Association’s (GOA) headquarters at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, is moving apace and president of the association K. Juman-Yassin said he is pleased with the works that have been done so far.Speaking at the GOA’s Appreciation and Awards Ceremony last Friday night at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street, Juman-Yassin who has been head of the association for a number of years – more than ten – said, at the moment, another one million dollars is needed to complete the installation of potable water to the structure and David Patterson has been given the contract to supply the modules for the building.
Juman-Yassin said the government of Guyana has given the association the land and the GOA is working to arduously to get the building completed.
He said it is his hope that in 2014 the Ministry of Sport, along with the Government of Guyana and the GOA, will be able to work together to achieve the association’s aim.
Meanwhile, General Secretary of the GOA, Hector Edwards, in presenting his report on the GOA’s achievements for 2013 said the association has to date expended $68M on the GOA’s Liliendaal headquarters and that sum of money has been used mainly to erect fencing around the perimeter of the land.
He mentioned that executives of the GOA visited the site recently and were all pleased with how work on the facility is moving ahead.
Edwards, a former national cyclist said during last year, sports administrators and coaches benefited significantly from courses and scholarships that were offered to the GOA by Olympic Solidarity Movement among other organisations.
He said 18 persons, drawn from various associations and the disciplinary forces benefited from a Sports Administration Course.
Edwards said last year the GOA held a fundraising event, but four of the associations that are affiliated to the governing body did not sell a single ticket for the event.