National Assembly Gives NOC President Five-day Ultimatum To Appear Before It

National Assembly Gives NOC President Five-day Ultimatum To Appear Before It

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For failing to appear with their president, Engr. Habu Gumel, the House Committee on sports Thursday refused to meet with the members of the Nigeria Olympic Committee who was led by the vice president, Chief Solomon Ogba.

Consequently, the Honourable Ekene Adams Abubakar led committee issued a five day ultimatum to Engr Habu Gumel to appear before the house to explain to Nigerians their level of preparation ahead of the start of the games.

Chief Solomon Ogba though while trying to make excuses for their president stated that he had a sudden need to travel for a very important IOC engagement. However, that did not come down well with the ‘House’ and they then insisted that Engr Habu Gumel must respect the voice of the green chamber to appear in person and not by proxy.

According to honorable Ekene, he believes the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, his Excellency, President Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu is keen and concerned about the impact of sports on its citizens, and as such, the committee is saddled up to interface with the NOC to know how prepared they are in the build up to the games.

“Nigerian’s wants to hear from him about the preparation for the Olympics, the president of the federal Republic of Nigeria has interest in sports, and he demonstrated it yesterday in the one year anniversary celebration to tell Nigerians that he wants to take the country to the next level using sports which is a unifying factor in this country”

“Sports is the only vehicle that gives the synergy to move the country forward, so we just asked the Olympics committee to go and appear before the house by thursday next week so that they can brief us proper over the preparation of the Olympics”

“Anybody that comes here apart from the president on proxy we might say no, so we felt, we should invite him in person, and let him respect the voice of the country to appear before the house next week”