In a statement signed by Tony Nezianya, Public Relations Officer, NOC and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, Habu Gumel, NOC’s President, described Amusan’s loss as a temporary setback.
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NOC Public Relations Officer, Tony Nezianya, said this in a statement while congratulating Enoh on his assumption of duty as Sports Minister.
Tony Nezianya, Public Relations Officer of NOC, revealed the development this in a statement on Wednesday.
He was re-elected on Thursday at the NOC Congress in Jalingo, Taraba State, scoring a total of 21 votes in the election.
The president, in a condolence message by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, on Wednesday in Abuja, sympathised with family members, friends and associates of the matriarch of the Gumel family.
The board of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, led by its President, Engr. Habu Gumel, has commiserated with the Akinyele family for the loss of their father, High Chief Alex Akinyele, who died last week.
Gumel, an IOC member, gave this charge at the weekend during the opening ceremony of the games, stating that good name is better than gold.
The avoidable leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Basketball Federation is telling on the federation’s sponsorship portfolio, according to Musa Kida, NBBF president.
Uduaghan made the call in Lagos on Tuesday at the formal investiture ceremony of the Nigeria Olympic Committee patrons, which saw him being also inducted as a patron.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has described the death of FIBA Secretary-General and IOC member, Patrick Baumann, as unbelievable and shocking.
Gumel, who spoke at NOC’s 2017 Annual General Meeting in Lagos, said there was the need for all-round support for Nigerian teams by corporate bodies through their contributions.
Presenting the equipment to the state government, Habu Gumel, the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of NLFT, said that it was part of the Federal Government’s initiative to develop sports at the grassroots.
Deliberating on the eligibility for president and vice president in the new guideline, stipulating among others that those occupying the post of an international sports body shall not contest for the post of president and vice president of a national federation and those who have served two consecutive terms as present of their national federation shall not contest for the post of president of the federation, the stakeholders voted in support of it
Kalkaba will be welcomed by Habu Gumel, the President, Nigeria Olympic Committee, and Solomon Ogba, the President of the Athletics Federations of Nigeria, with other sports dignitaries
“States which have indicated interest in organising programmes to mark the Day will do so on July 2, while the educational aspect of the event will hold between June 24 and June 25,” he said
The Commission is to be headed by former Namibian and African sprint champion, Frank Fredericks, with Patrick Baumann, Kirsty Coventry and Nawal el-Moutawakel among other members
Ndanusa became the NOC president four years ago when he beat the then incumbent leader of the committee, Gumel, to the position
The teams were to participate in the FIVB U-23 Male and Female Beach Volleyball Championships in Poland from June 10 to June 15
Gumel’s re-election was at ANOCA’s 15th Ordinary Elective General Assembly on Friday in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, with 53 member-nations present