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Ogun state will host the 2024 National Sports Festival making it the Second time the gateway state will host.
Ahead of the 22nd edition of the National Sports Festival, the Ogun State government, led by Governor Dapo Abiodun, unveiled leading professionals in Nigeria's sports sector as Local Organising Committee (LOC) members.
Renowned sports entrepreneur and former commissioner for youth and sports in Ogun, Bukola Olopade will lead the 16-man-committee.
Recalled that the State Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development.
The 16-man local organising committee was unveiled in Abeokuta on Tuesday, in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi.
The statement listed former Commissioner for Youths and Sports in the state, Bukola Olapade as the chairman of the LOC alongside Mr Tilewa Adebayo, a sports enthusiast, as co-chairman.
Who is Bukola Olopade?
Olapade is the former commissioner of Sports in Ogun. He is the progenitor of the top-rated Access Bank-sponsored Lagos City Marathon, Abeokuta 10km Marathon race, and the Remo ultra-race, which remains topnotch in the world of sports in Nigeria.
Olopade was the former President of Nigeria Wherlchair Basketball Federation and the chairman of the Nilayo Sports management owner of Abeokuta Sports Club.
Other Members of the Committee
1998 World Cup of Athletics Champion, 400 metres Grand Prix Champion, and two-time 200 metres World Champion, Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo (MON) is a member of the committee.
Falilat was regarded as the Queen of track and field and was the first female Nigerian to win an individual Olympic medal and also holds the African record in 400 metres till date.
Others include the Secretary-General of the NSF in Edo state in 2020 local organising committee (LOC) Emmanuel Igbinosa.
Former Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC); working committee of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) and Chairman of the Youth Committee of African Table Tennis Federation, Dr Kweku Tandoh, as well as the renowned sports psychologist and Head of the Department of Sports and Exercise Medical Sciences at University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana, Professor Oluwaseun Olanrewaju Omotayo,
Also in the Committee are the Vice Chairman of Ijebu Ode Local Government, Hon Dare Alebiosu; Mr. Kunle Solaja, Olusegun Oyende, Mr Olatunji Onatolu, Mrs. Modele Sharafa Yussuf, Demola Are, Abiodun Jubril Elegbede, Ola Opedimeji Adisa, the former Commissioner for Youth & Sports and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth & Sports.
The LOC has been mandated to set up subcommittees made up of various stakeholders to ensure a hitch-free exercise as well as deliver a sports festival that is second to none in the country.
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