Oladapo returns to ITTF-Africa ex-board as Oshodi gets regional position
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Lagos, Oct. 26, 2016 (NAN) Nigeria’s Olabanji Oladapo has been re-elected as the Vice President (Administration) to an eight-man Executive Board of the ITTF-Africa led by Khaled El-Salhy of Egypt.
A statement released in Lagos on Wednesday by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), noted that the President of federation, Wahid Oshodi was also elected as the Regional Vice President — Western Region.
The election took place on the sidelines of the Bi-enniel General Assembly (BGM) held in Agadir, Morocco.
Oshodi, a Member of the Nominations Committee of ITTF-Africa, would be in charge of the region that includes, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia and Ghana.
Others are Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
He would be expected to coordinate activities of the confederation in the region with an aim at developing the sport.
El-Salhy, who re-emerged as ITTF-Africa was elected unopposed while Henry Djombo (CDR) was elected Deputy President; Oladapo as Vice President Administration.
Others are Hajera Kajee (South Africa), Vice President Marketing; Berte Abou Bakary (Cote d’ Ivoire), Vice President Finance; Monqid Hajji (Morocco), Vice President, Media and Public Relations and Balla Lo (Senegal), Vice President Technical, all elected unopposed.
The regional Vice Presidents are Abdennour Kaci (Algeria) takes charge of Northern Region, Wahid-Oshodi in charge of Western Region, Alfred Bagueka (Cameroon) , Central Region; Andrew Mudibo (Kenya) Eastern Region: Joe Carrim (South Africa), Southern Region.
The council members are Kamel Zaitouni (Algeria), Mahmoud Oumar (Djibouti), Jalal Hariz (Libya), Philippe Hao Thyn Voon (Mauritius), Abdelrahman El-Sallawi (Sudan) and Thomas Kiggundo (Uganda).
However, two more co-opted members were added to the ITTF-Africa Executive Council during the maiden meeting.
In his acceptance speech, El-Salhy pledged to uplift the fortunes of table tennis in the continent, while calling for more support from National associations.
“I am highly honoured to be considered for another term in office. I went to the congress with their trust and support.
“We are ambitious for the future, because we want to focus on development and marketing of the sport, so that we can continue to grow in Africa,” he said.
According to the statement, countries that staged major competitions were honoured for their effort.
Not less than 18 National associations attended the BGM, while the congress then commended Morocco for hosting a befitting ITTF-Africa Senior Championships.
In 2017, Tunisia will host the African Junior and Cadet Championships in April while Congo Brazzaville is considering hosting the ITTF African Cup and Club Championship in July. (NAN)
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