The Nigeria Schools Sports Federation (NSSF), has re-elected Olabisi Joseph as president for a second term in office in an event held yesterday
The NSSF At the 2024 yearly general assembly of the association held at the National Institute of Sports (NIS), Lagos, yesterday, has given their total support to Joseph, who is the first female president of the body, and unanimously re-elected her by the delegates from 27 states and the FCT.
While speaking at the event, which was well attended by many, the delegates described the first term of Joseph as the full return of NSSF to the international scene, pointing at Nigeria’s participation in several International School Sports Federation (ISF) events in France, Mexico and Morocco, among others, as a testimony to her efforts in the first tenure.
In her acceptance speech, the re-elected Joseph thanked the delegates for their trust and confidence in her executive, while pledging to work harder to make NSSF a rallying point for talent discovery in sports.
“With your votes, you have all encouraged me. Thank you for having faith in me and returning me to this office. I guarantee you that we will continue from where we are now and hopefully, we will build a federation that we will all be proud of even after leaving office.
“Your vote demonstrates that you trust me to be your voice and I cannot thank you enough for your trust. I pledge to take us to greater heights and to complete all of my goals. You have shown that you believe in my leadership by returning me for another term in office. I hope I can live up to your expectations and take our federation to a greater height,” Joseph said.
She gave her words to continue to work even more with the new executives to change the course of school sports and the fortunes of sports development in Nigeria.
Among the new executive committee are Dickson Monday Tinism (VP 1); Emmanuel Ebong (VP 2); Ifeoma Onuchukwu (VP 3); Aminu Fada (VP 4); Dr Oba Funsho Usman (Secretary General); Adagbo Godwin Abari (Treasurer); Fawolu Robertson Olajide (Financial Secretary); Aka Ikechukwu (Assistant Secretary); Hassan Dauda (Auditor 1), David Bot Danbuyi (Auditor 2) and Sagiru Sani Dandano (PRO).
They all will be working alongside Joseph to steer the leadership of the association for the new term of election.
