Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), Margaret Binga has been confirmed among the 11 female candidates jostling for World Taekwondo (WT) Council post to be held on October 11 during its General Assembly.
Binga, who is the first female President of NTF will vie alongside former NTF President Jonathan Nnaji and seven others from Niger R, Egypt, Morocco, Burundi and South Africa for the three continental slots.
The vote for Council positions will be contested, however, with 40 candidates standing for 17 positions. Four will be elected from Asia, four from Europe, four from the Americas, three from Africa, and two from Oceania.
At least one elected member from each of the five continental zones must be a woman, and there are 11 female candidates in total.
Meanwhile, World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue is set to be re-elected for a fifth full term unopposed, after being confirmed as the only candidate for the Presidency.
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October’s election is taking place online because the World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi in China were postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis.
It will be the first election since governance reforms were adopted by the global governing body.
New candidates must be younger than 70 on the day of the election and those standing for re-election cannot be 80 or older.
Elected officials will also now be limited to three consecutive terms – but terms served before the reforms were introduced will not count, hence Choue being able to stand for a fifth term as World Taekwondo President.
The female Council candidate with the most votes will be elevated to vice-president under one of a number of changes introduced to boost the gender balance at World Taekwondo’s top table.
The leader of each of the five continental unions will retain their vice-presidential status, and all five are also due to hold elections in the coming weeks.
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