By Daily Sports on May 6, 2017
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has announced the dissolution of the boards of all national sports federations, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
According to a media release signed by the special adviser on media Nneka Anibeze, the Minister for Youth and Sports Development Solomon Dalung who made the announcement on Friday in Abuja also directed all secretaries to take charge of their various federations during the election process.
"In line with the Olympic Charter, all National Sports Federations are to serve for a period of four years. The federations inaugurated in May 2013, and by tradition, federations are dissolved after every Olympic Games.
Therefore, their tenure has now come to an end," the ministry said in a statement on Friday.
"To ensure a level playing ground and free and fair elections, where all shall be given equal opportunities to realize their ambition to contest the elections, the National Sports Federations are hereby dissolved from today (Friday) May 5, 2017.
"Secretaries are to take charge and run the affairs of their various federations during the process of the elections."
The statement also revealed that the election date has also been extended to June 13, 2017 while every other programme for the electoral process will be adjusted to fit into the new election date.
Photo shows Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung.
Source Daily Sports
Posted May 6, 2017
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