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NOC President Gumel Bags FIVB, CAVB Award

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Joel Ajayi

The President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Eng. Habu Gumel has been awarded with the African Order of Merit of the Confederation of African Volleyball for Long service and contribution to the Development of Volleyball in Africa and beyond during the CAVB Elective Congress in Marakash Morocco on Sunday 18th August 2024.

Presenting the award to Engineer Gumel, FIVB president Ary Graca and CAVB president Bouchra Hajij congratulated him for a job well done over the years in ensuring the growth of the game in Nigeria, Africa and beyond.

Engineer Gumel thanked the FIVB as well as the CAVB for finding him worthy of such award and promised not to rest on his oars in ensuring the growth of the game.

“The significant of this award is for me to do more than I’ve been doing over the years for volleyball. I’m glad for been recognized and and awarded but also promise to do more in ensuring the upliftment of the game especially on the continent”

Recall that Engineer Gumel is a Member of the International Olympic Committee, Executive vice president CAVB and Executive vice president FIVB. A strong member of the Nigerian Volleyball Community where he was at a time President of the Volleyball Federation.

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Remain Calm, IBB International Golf Club Tells Members

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It was an unusual scenario Saturday morning as the security agencies comprises of Police and DSS stormed the club, asking staff and members to vacate the club house and course.

While reacting to the incident, the release signed by Ibrahim Alhassan Babayo, the Captain of the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, described the incident as unfortunate and unexpected.

Ibrahim Babayo accused some minority members with vested interest who collaborated with some security men to seal the club in an attempt to disrupt the scheduled Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Club.

The release urged everyone to remain calm, assured them that all necessary legal steps will be taken to ensure that the process of filing the Board of Trustees, BOT, vacancies is conducted correctly despite the attempts to derail the process.

The Captain said the club will not relent in its efforts to ensure fairness, transparency and due process prevail.

While assuring the members of continued support and trust, the statement asked the staff and members to await further instructions.

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