Olympic association shares over $4m to 15 sporting bodies

President of the GOA, K.A Juman-Yassin (seated third from left) is flanked by his executives and heads of the associations that received monetary gifts for the development of young athletes at the holiday social on Wednesday night. (Orlando Charles photo)

Fifteen sporting bodies received early Christmas and New Year’s tokens on Wednesday night when president of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K.A Juman-Yassin presented monetary gifts worth in excess of $4M to their representatives.

During the holiday social which was hosted at his Lamaha Gardens residence, Juman-Yassin said that the finance should be utilized solely for the development of young athletes.

“Our executives met and we decided that we would like to make financial contributions to associations for you to help