NSC Swears In Cycling Federation Board, Advocates For Sports Development

Malam Shehu Dikko, the president of the National Sports Commission (NSC), has sworn successful the recently elected president and committee members of the Cycling Federation of Nigeria (CFN).
He urged them to prioritise the maturation and promotion of cycling arsenic a large athletics successful the country.

The swearing-in ceremonial connected Monday successful Abuja followed the predetermination held connected Sunday, which produced a 17-member committee to oversee the Federation’s affairs for the adjacent 4 years.

Administering the oath of office, the NSC Chairman congratulated the caller enactment and emphasised the captious relation of sports federations successful nurturing talent, enhancing grassroots participation, and fostering nationalist unity.

“On behalf of the NSC and President Bola Tinubu, I congratulate you and punctual you of the nationalist docket to reset and refocus connected the improvement of sports successful Nigeria. The mandate earlier you is clear: to alteration cycling into a athletics that inspires youth, engages communities, and represents our federation proudly astatine planetary competitions,” Dikko stated.

He further encouraged the Federation to collaborate with stakeholders, pull backstage assemblage investment, and support transparency and accountability successful its operations. “The NSC volition not interfere with immoderate Federation. Our extremity is to enactment and make sports, taking each subject to the adjacent level. Cycling is 1 of the federations with immoderate of the champion facilities, and it is important that we maximise them for the payment of Nigerians.

We indispensable besides marque sports charismatic to investors,” helium added.

Dikko besides charged the caller committee to absorption connected grassroots development, follow an open-door policy, and guarantee that much athletes are drawn into cycling done sustained consciousness and engagement.
In his remarks, the recently elected President of the CFN, Engr. Chief Giandomenico Massari, pledged to enactment tirelessly to grow opportunities for young cyclists crossed the country.
“We are conscionable beginning, and we are cautiously readying ahead. I judge powerfully successful strategical readying alternatively than taking impulsive actions. My absorption present is connected bringing each stakeholders and supporters of this athletics together. With unity, we tin execute our goals,” Massari said.

He highlighted the Federation’s caller achievements, noting that Nigeria has qualified astatine the continental level, winning respective medals—particularly successful the women’s category—and, for the archetypal time, secured World Championship qualifications successful some way and roadworthy events.

“We besides made past by participating successful the Olympics for the archetypal clip successful some roadworthy and way cycling,” helium added.

While acknowledging the challenges facing the men’s category, Massari assured that efforts would beryllium intensified to adjacent the show gap. “Our riders are talented, but the contention is tough. With much dedication and investment, we volition span the gap. For the women, we person already recorded important milestones, including Olympic qualification,” helium said.

Looking ahead, the CFN President announced that Nigeria has been awarded the hosting rights for the African Track Championship adjacent year. He further noted that erstwhile the velodrome is afloat completed and certified by the UCI, Nigeria would besides beryllium positioned to big planetary competitions beyond the continent.

The recently elected members include: Chief Giandomenico Massari (President), Dr. Ago Habu Abdurahaman (1st Vice President), Dr. Amidu James Iye Mohammed (2nd Vice President), Dr. Igbinosa Emmanuel, Mohammed Bashir, Mr. Patrick Omorodion, DCI Farouk Umar Abdullahi, Brig. Gen. A.R. Bello, Miss Sally Ogana, Mr. Ajibike Julius Babatunde, Hon. Sulaiman Ahmed Muduru, Mr. Amike Henrry Ochupekhai, Mrs. Angela Okoro, Mrs. Rahab Kaze, Miss Tawakalt Omotayo Yeekeen, and Miss Sally Ogene.