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Federation
By Kemi Ajayi
Lagos, Jan. 24, 2017 (NAN) Ojo Adelusi, a former President of the Nigeria Wushu Kungfu Federation on Tuesday urged stakeholders to elect worthy individuals into the board of the body to revamp the sport.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that election into various sports federations in the country holds every four years.
The sports ministry has yet to release a date for the elections but some interested candidates are already strategising on how to win various positions up for grab.
Adelusi told NAN that those in charge of the sport had performed below average, resulting to the poor state of the sport.
“We want someone who has passion and good intension for the sport as president and not someone that wants to add the position to his CV.
“As the former president, I was not a rich man when I was in charge of the sport but I was able to organise regular national competitions and the records are still there.
“No more regular wushu kungfu competitions and I don’t know what the people in charge are doing to turn the sport around.
“So, am making a passionate plea to stakeholders in wushu to put sentiments aside and elect the right president and executive members.”
He added that imposition of candidates was also responsible for the poor performance of some federations.
“When a person doesn’t deserve a position and the position is given on a platter of gold, the passion and zeal to perform will not be there.
“We have too many people, who do not have business in the sport in our federation and it has affected our sport over the years.’’ (NAN)
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Edited by Edwin Nwachukwu/Silas Nwoha