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  • Mixed feelings  greet Dikko’s appointment as  NSC Chairman

    Mixed feelings  greet Dikko’s appointment as  NSC Chairman

    Ministry of Sports Development scrapped

    The appointment of  Mallam Shehu Dikko  as the Chairman of  the National  Sports Commission  by President Bola Tinubu  has  been greeted  with mixed  reactions.

    Dikko is  a  two-time  chairman of the League Management Company (LMC), a  body that  supervised  the  then Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) and second  vice-president of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF).

    With the development,  the Ministry of Sports  Development  seizes to exist.

    Dikko ‘s  appointment as the new boss of the NSC was contained in a statement   by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

    A part of the  statement on  Onanuga’s  X (formerly Twitter)  reads: “The National Sports Commission will assume the responsibilities of the defunct Ministry of Sports Development.”

    While   many  see the appointment of Dikko as that of a  round peg in a round hole,  some believe  not much has changed  other than  nomenclature.   

    President of NFF Ibrahim  Gusau ,  hailed   President Tinubu  for appointing  such an experienced hand to take over the reins of the sports sector. He said he  had  no doubt that Dikko’s  vast experience will stand him in good stead in this new assignment.

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    Olympian and former national 110m Hurdles Champions, Dr. Godwin Obasogie,   hailed the  President  for scrapping the Ministry of Sports Development  but doubts  if the newly appointed NSC Chairman  can match the record  of  the late doyen of sports administration,  Isaac Akioye. He said Akioye’s    tenure in the old NSC is  still  regarded as the golden era  of Nigerian Sports.

    Incidentally, there  was question  over the  status  of the NSC  with words rife that  former President Muhammadu Buhari   did not accent  both the NSC and NFF bills  despite the fact that they were passed  by  the  National Assembly.

    Meanwhile, Senator John   Enoh  who spent  just one  year,  two months and  three  days  in office as the   first and only  minister  to head  the  Ministry of Sport Development ,  was   yesterday redeployed as  Minister of State for Trade and Investment in the Ministry of Industries.

  • NSC: Authentic Supporters salute Tinubu on appointment of Dikko  

    NSC: Authentic Supporters salute Tinubu on appointment of Dikko  

    President Bola Tinubu has been hailed over his determination to reposition Nigerian sports, with the reintroduction of the National Sports Commission as replacement  for  the scrapped Ministry of  Sports Development  following the  appointment of an erudite sports administrator, Mallam Shehu Dikko.

    Comrade Abayomi Ogunjimi, President of the Authentic Nigeria Football & Allied Sports Supporters Club, has described  Dikko’s appointment by President Bola Tinubu as a fantastic development.

    “President Bola Tinubu has brought joy to our hearts with the appointment of Shehu Dikko to lead sports in Nigeria. I mean this is a great development. Shehu Dikko is a round peg in a round hole. He is an expert in sports administration. Someone who knows the problems and solutions to Nigerian sports,” Abayomi said in a released shared with Nation Sports.

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    “Dikko has a fantastic track record in sports administration. He did very well as a sports consultant. We all saw how he transformed the Nigerian league as well. He is a man full of ideas and innovation. This is the best news for Nigerian sports sector.

    “ We as the stakeholders, we know the right things and the right people when we see them. I’m so glad to know that that President Bola Tinubu has love for Nigerian sports and he understands the yearnings of the people in this sector.

    “The Authentic Nigeria Football & Allied Sports Supporters Club feels so motivated with this latest development. We are also going to do more to support our sports. This is just amazing for sports in Nigeria,” he affirmed.

    Dikko was appointed as LMC chairman on December 26, 2014 and reappointed Chairman on April 4, 2019.