NSC inaugurates Electoral Committee for sports federation elections

The National Sports Commission has inaugurated the Electoral Committee for the national sports federations elections.

The committee has been saddled with the responsibility of conducting hitch-free and transparent elections into 20 National Sports Federations including aquatics, chess, handball, golf, karate, darts, fives and tennis.

Others are wrestling, wushu kung fu, scrabble, hockey, badminton, boxing, taekwondo; squash rackets, traditional sports rugby, kickboxing and deaf sports.

Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Shehu Dikko, after officially inaugurating the Committee, expressed confidence that he has no doubt that they will do a good job to oversee a successful process.

“We have succeeded in choosing a very balanced and compact team for this assignment because we want to set a new standard of how federation elections are conducted with topmost integrity and transparency.

“As a commission we have no partisan interest. I and the DG have no interest rather than to ensure we have people elected who are aligned to our vision of building a sustainable sports economy in line with the mandate given to us by Mr President. This is our only interest. We will not interfere in the process but will only give guidance because we have a vision and we want only people that understand the vision.”

Chairman of the Electoral committee Dr Simon Ebhojiaye assured the Commission that his team will bring all their wealth of experience and expertise to bear to do a good job in conducting the elections.

“I have no doubt that the decision of the NSC to put the individuals in this committee together will yield the expected results of conducting hitch free elections.

“We will follow the commission’s guidelines strictly and we will work very hard to deliver a good job that both the Commission and Nigerians will be proud of.”

Other members of the Electoral Committee include:  the Vice Chairman, Barrister Samson Ebomhe, Lawal Waheed, Tunde Popoola, Barrister Maryam Orotope Paul, Farouk Yelima and the Secretary, Rita Mosindi.