The deputy general-secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme has disclosed that he has written a book about sports development based on ‘hands-on experience he has gained within Nigeria’s sporting landscape.’
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Sports247 reports that Dr Ikpeme made the revelation ahead of the official launch and public presentation of the book titled ‘Perspectives on Sports Development in Nigeria: Challenges and Ways Forward,’ which will come up this Thursday in Abuja.
The former university lecturer and erudite administrator added that he also decided to put his thoughts into writing because he felt an urge and ‘compelling responsibility to contribute meaningfully to the discourse on sports development’ in Nigeria.
Moshood Abiola National Stadium’s VIP lounge will be venue for the public presentation this Thursday, starting at noon, ahead of which Ikpeme revealed various factors that motivated him towards writing what he described as ‘a comprehensive volume.’
“Over the course of my career as a lecturer and sports administrator at both the state and national levels, I have had the privilege of accumulating a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience within Nigeria’s sporting landscape.
“I have now distilled these insights and observations into a comprehensive volume. The book offers an in-depth examination of eleven sports across eleven dedicated chapters, with a twelfth chapter devoted to the critical subject of anti-doping.
“(That’s) a topic of growing urgency in contemporary sports administration,” said Ikpeme, who was a lecturer at University of Calabar for several years, before serving as sole administrator of Cross River State Sports Council.
Sports247 gathered further that Ikpeme, who became the NFF’s deputy secretary-general (technical) in 2007, before emerging as deputy general-secretary in March 2015, expects prominent personalities from across Nigeria to attend Thursday’s event.
