Sunday Dare, minister of youth and sports development, has
announced the dissolution of all boards of the national Olympic sports
federations (NSF) in Nigeria.
The minister pronounced the dissolution in a statement on
Friday.
“Within the last 4 years, a few of the National Sports
Federations Boards performed remarkably well while many others have been bogged
down by unnecessary bickering and divisions among the board members,” the
statement read.
“Having run a full Olympic cycle, the Boards of the NSFs
inaugurated on 21 June, 2017 are hereby dissolved to pave way for fresh
elections.”
Dare also said that caretaker committees have been set up to
manage the affairs of the federations pending when fresh elections are
conducted and the new boards inaugurated.
“In order to ensure continuity in the administration of the
federations, caretaker committees are hereby put in place to manage the affairs
of the Federations until elections are conducted and the new boards
inaugurated,” the statement added.
“Mindful of the Olympic games in July 2021, the caretaker
committees will work assiduously towards enhancing team Nigeria participation
at the games. The Ministry in partnership with the National Olympics Committee
(NOC), will release in due course, the time-table for the elections into
National Sport Federation Boards.”
The development comes barely a day after the rift between
the ministry and Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) cost the country its
spots at the world athletics (WA) relays billed for Poland on May 1-2.
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