Sports

Breaking News: Nigeria’s Oshodi elected as ITTF Vice President in US

Published

2 years ago

November 24, 2021

Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi has been elected as the Executive Vice President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Wednesday November 24 in Houston, Texas, in the United States.

From the 136 votes casted, Oshodi polled 116 which is the 85.29% of the total vote to emerge top among the 14 candidates that vie for the office of the Executive Vice Presidents.

Oshodi is the second Nigerian to be elected to the world body after Segun George and he will serve along seven other Executive Vice Presidents elected at the AGM.

Sweden’s Petra Sorling became the first woman to be elected as President of ITTF. She clinched the office of the 95-year-old international federation unopposed having been nominated by the Swedish Table Tennis Association and accepted by all the 226 member associations across the world.

Egypt’s Alaa Meshref was reelected into the Executive Committee (EC) of ITTF. It is the first time Africa will have two representatives in the EC. Other elected Vice Presidents are Graham SYMONS (AUS), Alaor AZEVEDO (BRA), LIU Guoliang (CHN), Roland NATRAN (HUN), Masahiro MAEHARA (JPN) and Khalil AL-MOHANNADI (QAT)

The new president of the ITTF and the eight elected Vice Presidents will join the ITTF Athletes Commission Chair Zoran Primorac of Croatia and IOC Member Ryu Seungmin of Korea Republic to form the complete ITTF Executive Committee (EC).

From his humble start as Chairman, Lagos State Table Tennis Association (LSSTA) and following his exceptional performance in that post, Oshodi was appointed Commissioner for Sports in Lagos State under Governor Babatunde Fashola (2011-2015). He also served as the President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) from 2013-2017 and was later appointed as the Chairman of the Nomination Committee of ITTF.

Earlier this year, Oshodi was elected as the Deputy President of African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF). He is an engineer and a lawyer.

Share on Facebook

Sports

NIS kicks against Duplication

Published

12 hours ago

April 26, 2024

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Director-General National Institute for sports Professor Olawale Moronkola has said everything is being done to reposition the NIS, even as all efforts is being made to ensure the Institute fulfill its core mandate without distractions .

Speaking in Lagos after a tour of on going projects at the Institute, Professor Moronkola said” We are strategizing and rebranding to bring better service to Nigeria. The Minister has called for our position on a move by some people to set up parallel NIS.
We have written to the Corporate Affairs Commission to disassociate the NIS from this group. I believe these people are just testing the waters. We shall ensure that they do not distract us. Only Government has the power to approve such an Institute after going through the normal channels of appropriate legislation. Alot of things have been revived at the NIS with new courses, facilities are being upgraded.

We have set up a state of the art gym mini stadium, New Hostel, New lecture theater are under construction, accomodations has been upscaled, library well equiped. We are managing the little resources made available by government and commend Government for all the support.

He further said ” Some individuals have approached us for collaboration and we shall make the best of it to impact sports development in Nigeria. Staff need to be equipped so that they can pass the knowledge to other people. We are rejigging our curriculum and inviting seasoned professionals to take up courses at the Institute. People should support the NIS to achieve its core mandate and not working at cross purposes.

“We shall continue to do our best to ensure that the NIS meets the hope and aspirations of Nigerians”

Share on Facebook