NSC Reaffirms Inclusion Of 14 Constituencies In All Sports Federation Boards

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has reiterated its unwavering committedness to ensuring that the 14 recognised constituencies were afloat represented connected the boards of All Sports Federations successful Nigeria.

This assurance followed consultations with cardinal stakeholders up of the forthcoming National Sports Federations elections.

The NSC emphasised that the antiauthoritarian operation of sports medication successful Nigeria was founded connected inclusivity, fairness, and transparency, stressing truthful that nary constituency volition beryllium disenfranchised successful the creation of federation boards.

In a connection made disposable to journalists connected Wednesday greeting by NSC’s Director of Press, Dr (Mrs) Kehinde Ajayi, the Commission reaffirmed that these constituencies were indispensable pillars for the maturation and governance of Nigerian sports, saying their voices indispensable beryllium heard successful decision-making astatine the highest level.

The 14 constituencies see six zonal representatives from the geopolitical zones of the country, 1 jock representative, 1 method representative, and 1 military/paramilitary representative.

Additional representatives dwell of 1 from the National Association of Women successful Sports (NAWIS), 1 from the National Association of Physical Education and Sports for Persons with Disabilities (NAPHER-SD), 1 sponsor representative, and 1 from the Athletes’ Federation of Nigeria (AFN).

The Director General of the NSC, Hon. Bukola Olopade, stated, “The spot of our sports federations lies successful representation. We privation to marque it categorically wide that nary of the 14 constituencies volition beryllium excluded from participating successful the governance operation of immoderate federation. Inclusiveness remains non-negotiable.”

The NSC has called connected the Gymnastics, Judo, and Shooting Federations to hole for elections scheduled for 18 October, 2025, successful Abuja.

While the Judo and Gymnastics federations volition behaviour their zonal elections anterior to the nationalist elections, the Shooting Federation volition proceed to elite their President and Vice President, having already concluded their zonal elections.