About 48 hours after the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development announced the dissolution of 31 boards of sports federations in Abuja, two members of Volleyball and Table Tennis caretaker committees have been replaced.
A press statement signed by the Director of Federation of Elites Athletes Department (FEAD) of the ministry Dr. S. E. Ebhojiaye with the title “Correction on Caretaker Committees” made available to Blueprint on Sunday, revealed that Engr. Habu Gumel and Mr. Banji Oladapo who were initially appointed as committee members of Volleyball and Table Tennis federations have now been replaced by Prof. E.O. Morakinyo and Barr. Onitan Oshodi respectively.
According to the statement, the appointment of caretaker committee members for Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has been reversed to pave way for initial elected board leadership.
The statement read, “In Consonance with the resolution reached by the Confederation of African Athletics/World Athletics intervention team on the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, the Caretaker Committee announced for the Athletics Federation of Nigerian is rested and will not be inaugurated. Elections into the Board of the federation will follow the road map adopted at the intervention meeting in Abuja last month upon its adoption by World Athletics.”
