Abdoulie
Jallow, Secretary General of the Gambia National Olympic Committee and the
Gambia Basketball Association was recently appointed as an executive member of
the FIBA Zone II responsible for youth and 3X3.
Mr
Jallow was also appointed as special adviser to the president of the zone who
is also the vice president of FIBA Africa.
Born
on 30th July 1965 in Banjul, Mr Jallow attended St Augustine’s High School,
holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Managerial Economics from Bethany College,
West Virginia, USA and an MBA (with Merit) from Birmingham University Business
School, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK.
He
is currently Pursuing an Executive Masters in Sport Organisations Management
(MEMOS) carried out under the sponsorship of IOC Olympic Solidarity. The
program is to help professionals working in national or international sports
bodies to develop the knowledge and skills required to better manage their
organizations.
He
is a member of the Gambia Basketball Association and the Gambia Golf
Association.
As
a sportsman, Mr Jallow played Basketball, Volleyball and Tennis for St
Augustine’s. He played in the National
Basketball league for Saints Basketball Club before joining Jamsen Basketball
Club.
Jallow
also played in the National Volleyball League for Roots Volleyball Club and
Sunjata Volleyball Club. He also attended and was certified as a level 1
Volleyball Coach by the FIVB.
Whilst
at Bethany College, Mr Jallow worked as a student assistant to the coach for
both the College Female Basketball and Volleyball Coaches. Upon his return to the Gambia he in 1994 he
was invited by the late Alh. Hosainou M M Njie and Alh. Omar Sey to help coach
Als Jal the youngest team at the time in the National League.
In
2012, Mr Jallow was elected to serve as Secretary General of the Gambia
Basketball Association under the presidency of Papa Njie. The team was to revive basketball after the
game was not played competitively for over a decade. With less than D100 (one
hundred dalasis) in the bank, the team manage to mobilise resources before
registering the Clubs.
The GBA has been able to consistently organise
a national league every year since. In addition, the GBA has been able to send
3 On 3 national Basketball teams to compete in Zone 2 and most recently the
Africa Qualifiers.
From
2012 to 2016, Mr Jallow was elected as the Second Vice President during an
elective Congress of the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) under the
presidency of Alhaji Momodou Dibba. In
2016, he was re-elected but as the Secretary General of the GNOC under Alhaji
Dodou Joof (Capi) a post he currently holds. The current executive have seen
more associations competing in international completions and according to him,
The GNOC and the NSC are working together to ensure that the quality and
quantity of participation improves for better results.
