FG dissolves athletics federation board
The federal government has dissolved the board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria.
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development said the government dissolved the AFN board because its tenure had expired.
The ministry stated this in a statement by John Joshua-Akanji, an aide to sports minister Sunday Dare, on Monday in Abuja.
The statement explained, “Pursuant to article 10.4 of the 2017 constitution of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, the ministry hereby dissolve the board of the AFN.”
The ministry said it understood that the AFN would be holding an elective congress on Monday.
“We have advised that the elections should be organised in accordance with the 2017 constitution of the AFN as contained in the agreement reached at the reconciliation meeting held in Abuja last April and brokered by the Confederation of African Athletics and World Athletics,” the ministry added.
The ministry urged delegates at Monday’s congress to eschew bitterness and vote for candidates that can unite the federation.
The AFN had at its extraordinary congress on Sunday in Abuja asked the ministry to invoke article 10.4 of its constitution and dissolve the outgoing board.
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