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2021 NSF: Athletes Protest As Kogi State Fails To Register Athletics

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Ahead of the 2021 National Sports Festival, Kogi State Government has failed to register athletes for Athletics.

The National Sports Festival is billed to take place from 14th to 28th February 2021 in Benin, Edo state.

The shocking development is coming months after the newly inaugurated Fatimah Yusuf’s led state association in July 2020 and organized the maiden Nasiru Ajanah U15 Secondary Schools Track & Field Invitational five months later.

Some athletes who spoke to journalists on the condition of animosity said the Director of Sports, Sunday Daku made the decision unilaterally and convinced the Commissioner for Sports in the state why athletes should not be registered.

He said few of the state athletes are considering representing another state in order not for their dreams not to be shattered by Kogi state.

He added that the current administration is not concerned about the plight of other sports.

He said, “I am expressing my displeasure because the Director of Sports is about to singlehandedly destroy the career of those in Athletics.

“How can a Director of Sports say he will not register Athletics for the biggest sporting event in the country? Whoever advised him to make such a decision is an enemy of the state.

“As it stands, some of us are considering representing other serious states. Thank God the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports released a memo that states can still register athletes on or before 25th January 2021”.

Another athlete appealed to Governor Yahaya Bello to call the Commissioner for Sports and Director of sports to order.

He said, “I have a strong belief that if the governor wades into this matter, the director of Sports will revert his decision.

“Some of us can remember vividly that the Director of Sports failed to register the Volleyball team for the 2017 National Youth Games but a volleyball stakeholder took it upon himself and sponsored the team. Fortunately, volleyball won a gold medal for us at the Youth Games”.

Efforts to reach the Commissioner for Sports, Director of Sports and the chairperson of Kogi State Association proved abortive

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Ohanaeze Commends Wike For Tackling Insecurity In FCT

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By Chidi Ogbonna

President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, chapter, Mazi John Primacy Eze has commended the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, for addressing insecurity, especially kidnapping.


Eze also commended the Commissioner of Police, Mr Bennett Igweh, for dismantling all criminal hideouts in the territory.


He also thanked the President of the Association of Eze Ndigbo in the 19 Northern States and Abuja, Eze Uche Egenti, for his support to Ohanaeze’s conventions and summits, especially in the FCT.


“The most important person we will thank for the success of this convention is the Chairman, Ndieze Igbo in the 19 Northern States of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Uche Ezeudo.


“I want to use this opportunity to thank the FCT minister for his prompt intervention, especially when the FCT was rife with kidnapping, causing residents sleepless nights. We appreciate his proactive response.


“We also thank the Igwe for his prompt action by dismantling all criminal hideouts, promising to persecute those arrested,” he said.


He decried the seeming marginalisation of Ndigbo in the scheme of things.
“I want to use this opportunity to tell Nigerians that Igbos have been in the dark for a long time, with respect to the measures embarked upon by the minister of agriculture. We have not been carried along, especially Igbo representatives in the FCT.


“We want to encourage the information minister to do something as Nigerians are in the dark, because as far as Igbos are in the dark, it is assumed that Nigeria is in the dark.


“I therefore advise the minister to address the hardship in the land. Citizens are suffering. He should see the situation as another COVID-19 at our door steps.


“We want to also use this opportunity to thank residents and the entire Igbo community for the success of the event due to their massive turnout. We also thank those that supported us in one way or the other.”

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