Gymnastics Crisis: COSGON raises alarm over tenure elongation

By Ebunoluwa Sessou

The President of the Coalition of Supporters Group of Nigeria, COSGON, Prof. Kunle Awosika, has called for urgent authorities involution implicit what helium described arsenic “systematic decay” successful the Nigerian Federation of Gymnastics, NFG, besides known arsenic the Gymnastics Federation of Nigeria.

In an unfastened letter, Awosika alleged that the Federation is enmeshed successful a enactment crisis. He warned that the athletics was “on the brink of collapse” nether the existent administration.

“We are nary longer dealing with conscionable mediocre leadership. This is present astir the decease of a athletics that erstwhile held committedness for Nigeria’s Olympic ambitions,” Awosika said.

According to him,

“Grassroots improvement has been abandoned, and Nigeria’s beingness connected the planetary gymnastics signifier is astir nonexistent,” helium stated.

Despite gymnastics’ prestige astatine the Olympics, Nigeria’s show has stagnated, trailing down smaller African nations.

Awosika truthful urged the Federal Ministry of Sports Development, the National Sports Commission and the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, to analyse the Federation’s activities.

He besides called connected the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, FIG, to dispatch an autarkic fact-finding ngo to Nigeria, informing that COSGON mightiness mobilise civilian society, athletes and the wider sporting assemblage for nationwide advocacy and imaginable ineligible enactment if nary measurement is taken.

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