The Director General of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Hon Bukola Olopade, has congratulated the President of the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation, NRFF, Dr Ademola Are, for his election as the 1st Vice President of the Union of West African Rugby Federations.
Dr Are, who has been at the forefront of revamping the Country’s Rugby got elected alongside other executives in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
The DG said this is a testament to the hard-work currently going on in the Nigeria Rugby family since Dr Are became the President and only shows that the West Africa Sub region also recognises that.
” This is very massive for the continuous growth of Rugby in the Country because the NRFF President can now use his current position to seek different intentional collaborations that will strengthen the growth of the Sports both locally and in the West African sub region”.
” And for us at the National Sports Commission, these are the kind of feat we want our Sports administrators to strive for and get actively involved in international Sports politics”.
The Director General added that this is also a big boost for the RHINSE campaign because having Nigerians holding key positions in continental and region sports bodies will help the chances of bringing international competitions to the Country.
” Our Renewed Hope Initiative for Nigeria Sports Economy is definitely on the right track I must say, because with having a Nigerian as 1st Vice President of the West African Rugby Body, Nigeria will have more say in terms of staging international competitions and as we know tournaments help to boost infrastructural development of a Country”.
” I want to congratulate Dr Ademola Are once again because he is a visionary and innovative Sport administrator who will use this new position to elevate and maximise the potential of Rugby in the Country and beyond”.
” I recalled that the NRFF was the first Federation to key into the Sports Commission’s COO Initiative when they appointed Tunde Delu as their Chief Operating officer, and today we are already seeing the impacts on all fronts”, he concluded.
