Ndanusa emerges as NOC President
Sani Ndanusa, the former
Sports Minister, has been elected the new
president of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) in an election conducted in
the board room of the NOC secretariat at the National Stadium, Lagos.
Ndanusa got a landslide victory as all the 23
accredited delegates voted for him. His
opponent, Habu Gumel,
was absent at the venue.
Others elected into the new board were; Jonathan Nnaji as the 1st Vice
President, while Solomon Ogba was returned
unopposed as the 2nd Vice President,
and Tijani Umar as the 3rd Vice President.
Tunde Popola emerged as the Secretary General; with 21 votes
to defeat the incumbent, Banji Oladapo, who got two
votes. John Hamakim defeated Uche Nebedum by
the same margin to clinch the Deputy Secretary
General post.
Bappa Aliyu and Tony Ubani completed the list of the
newly elected board as they were voted in as Treasurer
and Public Relations
Officer respectively.
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