AFN congress holds in Abuja to decide new venue for election, other matters
By Uzor Odigbo
The Extraordinary Congress of the AthIetics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) holds today.
The Extraordinary Congress which will be virtual, via Zoom was called to take a final decision on the venue of the forthcoming elections into the AFN.
All the chairmen and secretaries of the 36 State AthIetics Association and Abuja as well as the current AFN board members and a representative of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), are expected to attend the emergency congress to be chaired by AFN President Chief Tonobok Okowa.
The Congress is expected to begin by 2pm Nigeria time. It will x-ray the advice by the National Sports Commission (NSC), to move the venue of the presidential election from Asaba, the Delta State capital to Abuja.
The NSC is claiming that Asaba, in Delta State, is not a neutral venue because three of the candidates seeking to lead the Athletics Federation of Nigeria for the next four years are from that State.
The Congress which is the highest organ of the Federation is expected to decide on the final venue and other arrangements for the polls.
The President of AFN who is also the President the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), Zone II, informed that all the delegates have been duly notified and all other logistics for a hitch free meeting have been taken care of.
26 States delegates attended the last AFN Congress in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State where some far reaching decisions on the polls were reached as well as how the sport should go in the next four years.
