Engaged for the African Basketball League qualifiers, SLAC (Seydou Legacy Athletic Membership) is within the grip of a two-headedness. The previous president of the membership accuses the chief workplace of the Guinean Basketball Federation of desirous to eject him from the presidency of the membership. Data denied by the secretary common of the federation.
From our correspondent in Guinea
Certified for the Nile Convention of the Basketball African League (BAL 2023), SLAC is housed with Egyptians Al Ahly, Angolans Petro Atletico de Luanda and South Africans Cape City Tigers. This section shall be performed from April 26 to Might 6, 2023 in Egypt. As a prelude to this deadline, the membership is within the grip of a management battle. The previous president of the membership accuses the chief workplace of the Federation of being behind his ousting on the head of the membership. After its participation within the remaining section of the BAL in Kigali (Rwanda), the membership had difficulties in paying the gamers. Therefore the beginning of bother, in line with the previous president of SLAC. ” The primary season is over, there have been delays within the fee of participant bonuses. That is the place the issues began. However up to now, the gamers are all paid “, explains Abass Issaoui.
A standoff that can proceed till the ousting of Abass Issaoui on the head of the membership. In a letter despatched to FIBA Africa on October 10, 2022, the Guinean Basketball Federation introduced the set up of an interim president on the head of SLAC. An strategy that Abass Issaoui regrets. “PWhereas the membership has a staff, an meeting, a board of administrators, so I do not know the way there was a brand new interim president. I didn’t know » he lamented. The president broadcasts that he has seized the authorities to be reinstated. “ I wrote to FEGUIBASKET, I put the letter in copy for the Ministry of Sports activities and for FIBA Africa, so that individuals know that we use the identify of SLAC for different functions and that SLAC has its president “. And to proceed: We aren’t going to just accept that all the pieces now we have performed for years is put within the water. As a result of, when the staff was down, we fought for the staff to seek out this picture in the present day. »
A complete mess
Eight years after his arrival on the head of the membership, Abass Issaoui subsequently leaves the presidency of SLAC. If the now ex-president speaks of an eviction, on the facet of the Guinean Basketball Federation, it’s somewhat invoked “respect for the texts which govern the functioning of the federation and the membership ». “ After taking $23,000, Abass Issaoui left the membership with out paying the gamers. The Federation has given formal discover to the membership a number of instances by a bailiff with out response “, accuses Oumar Camara Sampil, the secretary common of the federation. After having taken steps with the principal involved, the latter maintains that it’s in full compliance with the statutes and laws which govern the federation and the membership, that the vice-president has taken the reins of the SLAC.
“ After we noticed a membership adrift and which had no guarantor, as a federation, we took our obligations. After a number of consultations, the vp of the membership took over the reins of the membership and have become the interlocutor of the federation, FIBA and the NBA.. Abass by no means answered us on the formal discover that we despatched to him. And this, since March 2022”, informs Oumar Camara Sampil. He pursues : “ It was Aboubacar Sidy Keita, vp of the membership, who made all of the commitments for the membership for the 2022 2023 season and who certified the membership for the BAL this 12 months. »
A number of weeks earlier than its entry into the working within the Nil convention, it stays to be seen whether or not the membership will be capable to ignore this management battle to hold out its BAL marketing campaign. Quarter-finalist of the final version, SLAC will attempt to repeat the exploit. However for that, the Guinean champion must roll up his sleeves in a robust convention.
Mamadou Gongorè DIALLO
Supply: sportnewsafrica
