All is now set for elections into the 42 National Sports Federations.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Nigeria Olympic Committee were given the all clear by the House of Representatives Committee on Sports at the National Assembly.
In his submission, the Technical Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Sports, Danburam Abubakar Nuhu argued that the Ministry had not erred in the dissolution of the federations in May this year.
“As chairman of the technical committee, I do have information that I wish to share with the House. The Ministry is trying to correct the mistakes of the past. According to the Olympic Charter, elections are supposed to be held after every Olympic Games. Elections were due to be held in 2012 immediately after the Olympics but it was held in 2013 and likewise in 2016. The federations were supposed to be dissolved immediately after the Olympic Games but elections are now taking place in 2017. Now, the Ministry has seen what needs to be done to correct an abnormality.
“We heard that a batch was inaugurated around May while another batch was inaugurated in November or thereabout. The tenure of every federation is supposed to be 4 years but they must also respect the rules of the law which states that there must be elections after every Olympics. The elections were due since last year. What the Ministry is trying to do shouldn’t be seen as an illegality but seen as trying to correct an abnormality in line with the Olympic Charter. If this is so, then the matter should be put to rest,” Danburam stated.
The Secretary General of the NOC, Tunde Popoola also told the committee that the NOC, the umbrella body of all federations is compelled to have a good working relationship with the government as stated in the IOC code of Ethics and Charter Principle 7.
“Harmonious relationship with government; Governments, constituents of the Olympic movement, other sports organizations and stakeholders have a complimentary mission and should work together towards the same goals.”
Popoola said that the greatest partners of the NOC and the Federations is the government.
He explained that elections were held for the 24 Olympic sports and another for those known as ‘concession’ sports.

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