The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has reiterated the ministry’s commitment to perform its supervisory role over sports federations in the country.
The Minister stated this while speaking to journalists in Yenagoa Bayelsa state at the grand finale of the Restoration Cup tournament,
With reference to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Dare said the decision of the ten members to impeach its former President, Engineer Shehu Gusau, conformed with its rules
“The ministry of Youth and Sports Development is really focused because we have the Olympics ahead of us. Beyond the AFN we have other sports federations dealing with internal board matters and that will continue for a while.
“For the AFN, the position of the Ministry is clear. The government recognizes the Olamide AFN leadership. They have been able to provide the sports ministry with all the processes that have taken place. We stand with the ten members of the AFN board, we don’t stand with the two or three members.
“We’ve seen their reports, their meetings, their resolutions, the suspension, the impeachment. They have submitted this report to us; it’s from the board, it is not from the Ministry.
“Nobody will tell the Federal Government to turn its eyes away from decision of the majority of the board members and support the minority,” he said.
