By Uzor Odigbo
All is now set for the elections into the boards of 23 Sporting Federations in Abuja on Thursday.
According to the Chairman of the electoral committee Peter Nelson, ”The committee is conducting elections into the 23 federations that were yet to have their own constitutions approved by their international bodies. These Federations’ elections will be conducted using the 2021 Electoral Guidelines approved by the Ministry.
TheNiche learnt that ten Federations with constitutions will use this to conduct their own elections.
Nelson affirmed that: ”Elections were successfully conducted at the zonal level and other relevant bodies such as NAWIS, NAPHER, Athletes Representatives, Military and Para-Military in a free and fair manner.”
Thursday’s election will result in the election of Presidents and Vice presidents of the various National Sports Federations.
According to the election timetable made available by the committee indicated that documentation of delegates starts at 9:30 AM while the actual voting starts at 11:30 AM.
The election result will be declared immediately, and the boards are sworn in immediately by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare.
