NAN-S-12
Appointment
By Adedeji Egbebi
Ado-Ekiti, Jan. 12, 2018 (NAN) The Ekiti State Government on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, said it has appointed Deji Samo as the new General Manager of the State Sports Council.
Lanre Ogunsuyi, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Youths and Sports Development, in a statement said the appointment will take effect from Feb. 3.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the outgoing General Manager, Peter Dada, would be leaving office on Feb. 2.
Samo, until his appointment, was a director in the state’s Ministry of Education.
Speaking to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, Samo said his appointment was a call to serve.
He assured sports stakeholders in the state that grassroots sports would be revived and developed.
Samo sought the cooperation of staff of the council, and warned that there would not be any room for indiscipline and laziness.
He charged them to support his plans to transform and rebuild the council towards the development sports in Ekiti.(NAN)
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(Edited by Tayo Ikujuni and Olawale Alabi)