Nominations for the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) elections has been opened in Accra, and will last till the close of work on Wednesday 31 October 2001.

A statement signed by the SWAG Electoral Commissioner, Mr Harry Mouzalas of Ghana News Agency named the positions to be contested for as President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and two other executive positions.

The Electoral Commissioner said only fully paid up members, and not associate or affiliate members are eligible to contest and vote on 3 November 2001.

Voting will begin at 11a.m. and end at 5 p.m. at the SWAG Club House, Dansoman in Accra. “There will be non-refundable deposits of 50,000 cedis for the position of president, 30,000 cedis for the vice presidency and 20,000 cedis each for the other positions."

The statement directed interested contestants to contact Sports Desk of the Ghana News Agency for nomination forms, which must be completed and returned before the close of work on Wednesday 31 October 2001.

Mr Mouzalas explained that each contestant must have a proposer who could be a colleague from the same media house but a seconder must come from a different media house.