By Tolu Atobatelee
Nigeria’s Apex Sports Management Body, the National Sports Commission, NSC, and the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, have agreed to a one-year Tenure Extension for the Supporter’s Club Interim Management Committee, IMC, after which a General Election will take place.
This decision was reached on Tuesday after a fruitful meeting held by the Director General of the NSC, Hon. Bukola Olopade, and stakeholders of the various factional supporter groups.
The NSC and NFF agreed that the IMC led by Prince Vincent Okumagba will not stay beyond the agreed one year in office before an Election is conducted.
It was also concluded and agreed upon by all the stakeholders that no member of the current IMC will take part in the General election that will be held next year.
The DG reinstated that all the various groups of the supporters club will only be recognized by the Commission under the current umbrella of the IMC.
” We cannot tell all of you to go deregister your various groups because we don’t have that power but we are very deliberate to ensure we have one collective indivisible group that will at all times speak one voice, sing one song for the supporters club rather than having many factions of the Supporters club”.
The supporter’s group will be led by the IMC Chairman Prince Vincent Okumagba, who also doubles as Vice President of the African Football and Sports Supporters Association to Egypt for the CAF AFCON U20, in which the Flying Eagles are taking part.
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