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Meet Members Of National Sports Festival’s Organising Committee
to take place in Ogun State next year.
Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, inaugurated the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the 22nd National Sports Festival, slated to take place in Ogun State next year.
Inaugurating the committee at the media centre inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium Complex in Abuja, the minister charged members of the committee to work hard to deliver seamless and successful games next year.
The minister, who noted that delivering successful games requires hard work, also noted that with the commitment of the Ogun State Government and the calibre of the members of the committee, he was optimistic that the committee would surmount all the challenges to deliver successful games.
Responding on behalf of the newly inaugurated committee, Ismaila Abubakar, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry and Chairman of the Organising Committee, informed the Minister that members of the committee were fully aware that the responsibility of organising successful games rests on them.
He assured him that the committee would mobilise both human and material resources to ensure that the games were hosted without hitches.
Earlier, Wasiu Isiaka, the Ogun State Commissioner of Sports, assured the Minister that the state was fully prepared to deliver successful games.
The Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the National Sports Festival comprises Ismaila Abubakar, Permanent Secretary of Sports Development, as Chairman and Bukola Olapade (Chairman LOC) as Vice Chairman.
Other members of the committee are Dr. Paul Onyeudo, Olufehinti Olusegun, Mohammed Manga, Gregory Zi, Ms. Fadeke Fadeyibi, Abolore Alanamu, Patrick Okeke, Mrs. Amaka Ashiofu, Prof. Olawale Moronkola, Habu Gumel, Sunday Odebode, Emmanuel Utobo, Bamiduro Olumide, and Brendan Ndifon.
