Nigeria’s Olumide Oyedeji has been elected Secretary Basic of the World Olympians Affiliation after polling 55 votes out of the 106 legitimate votes forged.
He secured 51.89 per cent of the votes to defeat Salvador Salguero of El Salvador and Liston Bochette of Puerto Rico to emerge as the primary ever African to achieve that place.. He takes over from Anthony Ledgard (OLY) of Peru.
Oyedeji, who’s the present President of the Nigeria Olympians Affiliation (NOA) and Third Vice President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), will serve on the board for the following 4 years alongside President Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden and Treasurer Wei-Tsu Thomas of Chinese language Taipei.
The present Chairman of the Nigeria Athletes Fee expressed gratitude to the previous Govt Committee, led by Joel Bouzou (OLY), noting that their contributions to Olympians worldwide will stay a part of the affiliation’s historical past.
He promised that integrity would information each resolution, transparency would outline their actions and inclusive management can be the usual. He pressured that each continent, each Nationwide Olympians Affiliation and each Olympian issues, including that they may hear, have interaction and act collectively.
Oyedeji additionally introduced that, underneath his management, the secretariat will work carefully and constructively with the Worldwide Olympic Committee as a key associate within the Olympic Motion by way of open dialogue, mutual respect and shared goal.
He mentioned the affiliation will unite the Olympians household, empower Nationwide Olympians Associations, amplify Olympians’ voices and translate Olympic values into measurable influence.
Different board members embrace Rosa Rakotozafy of Madagascar (Africa – Girl), Andrew Owusu of Ghana (Africa – Man), Claire Carver-Dias of Canada (Americas – Girl), Willie Banks of the US (Americas – Man), Gilian Akiko Guevara of the Philippines (Asia – Girl), Deepak Bista of Nepal (Asia – Man), Stavroula Kozompoli of Greece (Europe – Girl), Igor Boraska of Croatia (Europe – Man), Julia Bell of Australia (Oceania – Girl) and Carl Probert of Fiji (Oceania – Man).
Drafted forty second total by the Seattle SuperSonics within the 2000 NBA draft, Olumide captained D’Tigers to their first All-Africa Video games gold medal in 2011 and was co-captain of the Nigerian staff that received the nation’s first AfroBasket title in 2015.
