Stakeholders in Nigerian sports activities have heaped reward on the Director Normal of the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olopade, for his decisive position in uniting all events in flag soccer below one umbrella.
With the game quickly rising in Nigeria and throughout Africa, and with Olympic recognition on the horizon, the DG’s intervention has been described as “the turning level” that may lastly ship the long-awaited Flag Soccer Federation of Nigeria.
Olopade additionally made it clear that the federal government doesn’t acknowledge any particular person or affiliation at present parading itself because the official physique for flag soccer, stressing that solely the brand new federation being arrange by the NSC will probably be acknowledged. In response to him, the varied present teams have been assigned particular roles on the brand new board, making certain inclusivity and unity within the sport’s governance.
The DG additional confirmed that the inauguration of the board of the brand new Flag Soccer Federation of Nigeria will probably be performed by the Nationwide Sports activities Fee within the coming days.
This growth follows Nigeria’s double triumph on the IFAF African Championships in Cairo, the place the lads’s and ladies’s nationwide groups have been topped continental champions. The victory highlighted each Nigeria’s expertise and the pressing want for an organized governing construction to help future progress.
By securing unity, the NSC has positioned Nigeria on a stronger path to worldwide recognition, grassroots enlargement, and eventual Olympic participation.
Stakeholders famous: “The DG’s management has ensured we stand collectively as one. With unity, construction, and imaginative and prescient, the way forward for flag soccer in Nigeria is brighter than ever.”
