NOC Describes Akindoju’s Death As A Blow To Nigeria’s Sports

President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Habu Gumel, has described the decease of Ifedayo Akindoju, the President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF), arsenic a large stroke to the country’s sports community.

Gumel communicated this connected Saturday successful a connection issued connected his behalf by Tony Nezianya, the Public Relations Officer of the NOC.

“Akundoju’s decease is simply a large stroke to the nation’s sports community; we extended our heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian sporting fraternity.”

Until his death, Akindoju was a subordinate of the Nigeria Olympic Movement, a sports head par excellence, and a important fig successful some Nigerian and African tennis.

He served arsenic President of the NTF, a presumption wherever helium was renowned for his dedication, passionateness and imaginativeness for processing the sport.

Gumel said that Akindoju’s power extended crossed the continent, arsenic helium besides served arsenic the Treasurer of the Confederation of African Tennis (CAT).

“His decease is simply a immense loss, not lone to the tennis household helium near down but to the full Olympic Movement and the athletics of limb wrestling, which helium was besides intimately associated with.

“I commune that the Almighty God forgives his transgressions present connected world and admits his psyche into paradise, portion granting his household and each who miss him the fortitude to carnivore this irreparable loss.”

He said that Akindoju’s enactment was further demonstrated done his roles arsenic a subordinate of the Executive Board of the NOC, Chairman of the Committee for the Nigeria House Project for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and President of the Abuja Country Club.

“His tenure astatine the NTF was characterised by a beardown absorption connected grassroots development, with the extremity of producing the adjacent procreation of world-class Nigerian tennis players.

“He was personally progressive successful sponsoring events, including the yearly VEMP Open tennis championship, and his company, Dayak Nigeria Limited, was noted for bankrolling tournaments to supply players and officials with planetary exposure,” Gumel said.

The NOC said the committee would await further directive from precocious Akindoju’s household to denote the ceremonial plan.(NAN