Breaking! Sport Federation President Dies Few Months To Election

Breaking! Sport Federation President Dies Few Months To Election

By Niyi Busari

Former President of Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), Abdullah Saidu is dead few months to the federation's election, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Before his death which was made known on April 1st, Saidu was the serving president of NTF.

In October 2021, Saidu Abubakar has been elected President of the NTF in a unanimous decision which saw past leader Margaret Binga unable to garner a single vote.

In a four-year term, delegates from 22 associated federations participated in the electoral process in capital city Abuja as a new Board was also voted in.

The election to elect new leadership of the NTF will come up this year, 2025. Though, the National Sports Commission (NSC) has not set a date on when the federations elections will hold. Many believed it will hold after the National Sports Festival in Ogun state slated for May, 2025.