By Babs oyetoro
Barely three months to the Olympic Games the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has dissolved 31 boards of all the sporting federations even as he constituted caretaker committee to oversee the activities of these federations.

With this development it is obvious that the caretaker committees will oversee the preparations of Nigerian athletes for Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled for July in Japan.

In a press statement issued by his media office it was said that the dissolution was done in compliance with Olympic Charter which stipulates four years tenure of the National Olympic Sports Federations.

The Minister who was represented by the Director of Federation, Elites Athletes Department Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development Dr. Simon Ebhojaiye stated: “Within the last 4 years, a few of the National Sports Federations Boards performed remarkably well, having run a full Olympic cycle, the Boards of the NSFs inaugurated on 21 June, 2017 are hereby dissolved to pave way for fresh elections.”

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“In order to ensure continuity in the administration of the Federations, Caretaker Committees are hereby put in place to manage the affairs of the Federations until elections are conducted and the new boards inaugurated”

Ebhojaiye further said:”Being mindful of the Olympic Games in July 2021, the Caretaker Committees will work assiduously towards enhancing team Nigeria participation at the Games. The Ministry in partnership with the NOC, will release in due course, the time-table for the elections into National Sports Federation Boards”

He, however, encouraged all Nigerians with passion and interest for sports to contribute selflessly to the development of Sports in Nigeria by indicating interest in the membership of the various National Sports Federations.

The Caretaker Committees for the 31 National Sports Federations will run the affairs of the Federations until the inauguration of the new Boards.