A re-run of elections into 4 pending National Sports Federations’ boards will now hold on
Wednesday July 12, 2017.
The Federations are Athletics, Gymnastics, Weightlifting and Taekwondo.
The Chairman of the National Sports Federations Electoral Appeals Committee, Alhaji
Abdulrazak Salau said in a statement, that the influx of petitions which followed the June
13, 2017 elections at the Abuja National Stadium were overwhelming and needed more time to
attend to.
” We have had a beehive of activities since the Appeals Committee gave its verdict on June
30, 2017. The Committee has been bombarded with petitions and complaints from these
Federations including Rugby. It became necessary for us to shift the election re-run date by
5 days to enable the monitoring bodies including the Election Committees to conclude
screening and verification of candidates to ensure that what happened in the first election
does not repeat itself.
” We are very careful to also ensure that candidates comply with the guidelines and present
the right documents for verification. Thereafter, the master list will be published for all
to see before the bye elections” Salau said.
Fresh Presidential elections are to hold in Athletics, Taekwondo, Weightlifting and
Gymnastics while zonal elections will hold in Judo (South West) Athletics (South East and
North West) and Taekwondo (South West).
