Nimrod Re-elected NVBF President, Pledges New Initiatives To Elevate Nigeria’s Volleyball

Engineer Musa Nimrod has been re-elected arsenic the President of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) for a 3rd consecutive term.

The Adamawa-born sports head was returned unopposed for different 4 years during a calm yet aggravated predetermination held astatine the Indoor Sports Hall successful Package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium successful Abuja yesteday.

Nimrod, who archetypal assumed the presidency of the NVBF successful 2017 and secured re-election for a 2nd word successful 2021, expressed his gratitude for the overwhelming enactment helium received, having swept each 16 votes formed during the elective congress. This re-election is seen arsenic a mandate to further beforehand the improvement and translation of Nigeria’s volleyball sector.

For the presumption of First Vice President, delegates voted Prince Babatunde Omisore, portion Architect Adamu Tenimu was elected arsenic the Second Vice President. Engineer Musa Nimrod was besides re-elected unopposed arsenic the North West zonal typical connected the NVBF board. Other zonal representatives see DCP Stephen Hasso (Rtd) for the North East, Bolcit Amakiri for the North Central, Prince Babatunde Omisore for the South West, Kingsley Nwosu for the South East, Famous Daunemigha for the South South, Dauda Saje arsenic Players’ Representative, Samuel Timothy arsenic Technical Representative, and Comptroller Frank Onyeka arsenic Sponsor Representative.

Following his re-election, Nimrod announced that the caller medication would present caller initiatives designed to heighten the illustration of volleyball successful Nigeria. “We are not resting connected our past achievements but alternatively looking guardant to what lies ahead. Over the adjacent 4 years, our absorption volition beryllium connected grassroots development,” helium stated.

Nimrod outlined the palmy implementation of structured pathways for players crossed assorted categories, from U-15 to elder levels.

He emphasised that large volleyball tours volition beryllium strengthened with enactment from experienced unit and mentors, portion further sponsors are expected to backmost the federation’s initiatives.

The NVBF’s calendar for the remainder of the twelvemonth is acceptable to beryllium busy, with Nigerian teams participating successful respective planetary competitions, including the U-21 Volleyball Championship successful Mexico, the U-18 World Championship successful Qatar, the Senior World Volleyball Championship successful Australia, and the African Youth Games successful Angola. Nigerian athletes volition besides beryllium competing astatine the World Schools Games successful China.

“With the elections present concluded, our absorption is firmly connected action. We await the ceremonial inauguration by the National Sports Commission, aft which the recently elected committee volition commence afloat operations,” Nimrod concluded.