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DALUNG INAUGURATES APPEALS/ELECTORAL COMMITTEES FOR PARA SPORTS

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The Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung has inaugurated the Electoral and Appeals Committees for the Para Sports Federations ahead of proposed elections next week.

The election will hold on Thursday. The Appeals committee comprises six members including the Permanent Secretary Olusade Adesola, Director FEAD Tayo Oreweme, Director Grassroots Sports Ademola Are, Peter Nelson, Mr. D.A. Muhammed and Hon. Godfrey Gaya.

The Electoral Committee is also made up of six members including Clement Ojile as Chairman, Caleb Gidado, Nansel Nimyel, Dr (Mrs) Toyin Aluko, Dr Simon Ebohjaye and Pius Adewinle.

On the occasion Dalung noted that Para Sports Federations Elections had been long overdue since August 2017 adding that sports deserves vibrant administrative leadership that will move Para sports to greater heights.

He charged the members to be upright in the discharge of the onerous assignment.

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“The Election guidelines will be strictly adhered to by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and will give room for the physically challenged and those who are passionate about sports to administer their sports.

“We are very optimistic that credible, passionate, committed and resourceful candidates will emerge at this election. It is important that we accord Para- Sports adequate attention as the Nigeria Power lifting, Wheel-Chair basketball, Para soccer amongst others have consistently done Nigeria proud at local and international championships.

“I hereby formally inaugurate these committees and wish to make it clear to the members that they were nominated based on proven integrity and wealth of experience in their various chosen fields.

“I am convinced that the members will be impartial in lubricating the electoral processes and ensuring that elections are free, fair, transparent and successful”, Dalung said.

In her acceptance speech, Dr Toyin Aluko who spoke on behalf of the Electoral Committee members thanked the Minister for the appointment and promised that the members will be fair to all concerned.

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“On behalf of the Electoral committee, I thank the Honourable

Minister for finding us worthy of carrying out this task. I want to assure you that we will be fair and just to all and will produce credible leadership for the Para Sports Federations.

Elections will be conducted in Power lifting, Para-athletics, Para soccer, Amputee football, Sitting Volleyball, Wheelchair Basketball and Para Swimming.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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