The immediate past Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung, has expressed dissatisfaction over the dissolution of 31 Ssports federations by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.
Reacting to the decision at the weekend, Dalung said that it was not proper for the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, to dissolve the board of 31 Sports Federations.
In an interview with BSN Sports, Dalung said: “Well it is sad that the board of the National Federation elected in June 2017 whose tenure will elapse by early June 2021 has been dissolved by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development. This is because it seems to reverse the democratisation policy which requires that the National Federations conduct their elections themselves at the expiration of their tenures.
“Having said this, the Minister does not have the right to dissolve the National Federations. I have read the press statement from the Ministry and it was saying so many things that are contradictory. Therefore, the development is unfortunate because it is going to result into confusion. How I wish this never happened and it should not be allowed to stand.”
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Friday April 30, 2021, dissolved the board of all 31 sporting federations and set up caretaker committees to take charge of them pending when the election will hold.
Dare said that the decision was in line with the Olympic Charter, which stipulates a four-year tenure for all sports federations.
Meanwhile, the boards were elected on June 13, 2017.
