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“We Only Have one NALCOMA”-President
The President of the National League
Club Owners and Managers Association (NALCOMA) Chidi Okonkwo has come out hard on assumed Southern Clubs Conference, saying that they have only one NALCOMA with a well constituted executive.
Okonkwo who is the Chairman Of City FC of Abuja said the group are made up of three or four administrators who are seeking for attention in realm of things.
It could be recalled that the group has accused the NALCOMA executives of taking decisions that affects the clubs without consulting them.
According to the Conference “as much as we respect the rights and privileges of NALCOMA to engage the leadership of the League Body on issues bothering on the general interests of the Clubs, it is our submissions however that the Clubs, particularly through the leadership of the two (2) Conferences should have been duly consulted, briefed and allowed to escalate the debate and accordingly in order to be on same page and more particularly to prevent a seeming embarrassment that the unilateral and dictotarial actions have visited on the Southern Conference Clubs in particular by getting to know and even read for the first time, response of matters on their behalf through social media platforms”.
Responding further on this, the President of NALCOMA said “as duly elected executives of the club owners, we have the right to interface with the League body on issues that affects the generality of the clubs, which we do regularly”.
Continuing Okonkwo who is the former Chairman of Delta Force said “If we are elected, we have all the rights to speak on behalf of the clubs, and there are no division whatsoever in NALCOMA, and there is no way two or three clubs can come up with their personal imaginations and fabricating what is not existing. This is not accepted at all”.
He concluded by advising the individuals to concentrate on bettering the fortunes of their various clubs, and allow NALCOMA executives to carry out its assigned duties.
Foreign news
NTAC Hails Tinubu; Volunteers Ready to Positively Impact Nigerians
Joel Ajayi
The Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC) has commended President Bola Tinubu for funding the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) Scheme.
The Director General (DG) of NTAC , Dr Yusuf Yakub, made the commendation during a ceremony to receive five returning TAC volunteers from Zanzibar, Tanzania on Tuesday in Abuja.
The returning volunteers also expressed readiness to impact knowledge gained from participating in the programme on Nigerians.
TAC is a mechanism for Nigeria’s foreign aid and technical assistance to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries through the use of Nigeria’s abundant trained manpower.
Yakub lauded Tinubu’s visionary leadership and steadfast support for the TAC Scheme.
Welcoming the volunteers who had discharged themselves as worthy ambassadors in Zanzibar, the D-G thanked them for their patriotism, dedication to service and for making Nigeria proud on the international arena.
The NTAC boss highlighted the importance of knowledge-sharing, while announcing that certificates of completion will be presented to the volunteers in line with the noble objectives of the service.
He also emphasised the volunteers’ crucial role in passing on the skills and experiences gained in Zanzibar.
He expressed optimism that their efforts would positively impact the lives of Nigerians across the country and shape the expectations and service-delivery of future prospective volunteers.
Earlier speaking, Amb. Zakari Usman, the Director of Programmes for NTAC, expressed gratitude to the D-G for his unwavering support and provision for the volunteers throughout their service period.
He said that the volunteers had so delivered on the mandate of the agency that citizens of Zanzibar did not want them to leave their country.
Popoola Adegoke, the Team Lead and a Mathematics Instructor for the batch of returning volunteers, was full of gratitude to the Federal Government for providing them the opportunity to participate in the scheme.
Adegoke said that Nigeria, was well blessed and had the abundance of both human and natural resources to contribute meaningfully to the development of many countries of the world.
He said that the need to continue the TAC Scheme was not negotiable, owing to its high impact and results.
Mohammed Salisu, a Physicist, said that the experience had broadened his horizon as his orientation during the last 24 months in Zanzibar, especially on the cultural exchange.
He lauded the government for the scheme, saying that Nigeria is seen and perceived to be higher in all ranking, especially in the standard of living and educational system.
He also appealed to the government to sustain the scheme to close the gaps both the educational and professional systems in the African, Caribbean and the Pacific Countries.
NAN
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