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Sports Minister Inaugurates 30 Caretaker Committees For Sports Federations
…charges to be Focused ….AFN left out
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare on Tuesday inaugurated 30 National Sports Federations Caretaker Committee to enable smooth transmission of power from old Boards to the new ones.
This even as he charged the Caretaker Committees of the Sports Federations to be focused in the best interest of the Nation.
It will be recalled that just last week dissolved National Olympic Sports Federations and appointed caretaker committee.
Addressing the caretaker committee at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, Sports Minister Dare said that this is not the time to play politics but the time towards putting Nigeria among the medal winners in Tokyo.
According to him, the dissolution became necessary because of the expiration of their tenures.
“It is also important because of the Tokyo Olympics which is less than 90 days away and which not only requires that all hands are on deck but also because continuity is necessary to ensure preparations for the Games are not hampered in any way.
“The Caretaker Committees are thus specially selected to reflect our aspirations towards podium appearances at the Tokyo Olympics. Nigeria has won just one medal in the last two Olympics, the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The medal, a bronze came in the Football event and this is unacceptable to us as Nation. This is what we must all try to change.
“With the performances of our athletes in pre-Olympics circuit and championships, it is crystal clear we have the talents to excel at the Games and even get close to our performance at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 where we won a total of six medals including the gold in the men’s Football event and the women’s Long Jump. That benchmark is something we must not go below again and the wrangling in some of the Sports Federations going to the Olympics will not help our preparations.
“I believe what Nigerians want is for us to better our performance in 1996 and they should support whatever decisions we take that are geared towards achieving that benchmark of 1996 or even surpass it. My message to the Caretaker Committees is simple.”
He warned that ministry will not hesitate to remove any Caretaker Committee of any of the Federations that work at cross purposes with our aspirations.
“It is also important for the Caretaker Committees to know that their jobs terminate immediately after the Olympics as elections into the Federations will be guided by their constitutions and the Code of Governance.”
Chief Dare also charged all the Federations with Constitutions not yet ratified by their International bodies, the Code of Governance drawn up by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development should do so to enable them conduct their election.
Speaking on behalf of caretaker committee president of Nigeria Basketball Federation Engr. Musa Kida promised that committee will leave no stone unturned to ensure Nigeria fly at highest level of podium in Tokyo come July.
Meanwhile, the boards of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria federations were not inaugurated there was no official reason given by the minister for not inaugurating the AFN but AljazirahNigeria Sports gathered that its as result of a crisis bedeviling the federation for year.
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CSO Salutes Trump
A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.
“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.
“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.
The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.
He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.
According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.
Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.
Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening
About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.
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