All sports association boards, with the exception of the Football Association, have been dissolved by Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele, Executive Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission.
At a meeting with the chairmen of the associations on Friday at the Media Center, Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the head of the Edo Sports Commission declared the dissolution of the impacted boards. As required by the statute that created the Edo State Sports Commission, Hon. Enabulele thanked the chairmen and their members for their efforts thus far and asked the congregation to choose one of them to represent them on the sports commission board.
He informed the chairmen and secretary of the groups that the Sports Commission, which is under his direction, is eager to get involved in advancing the rapid development goal established by Governor Okpebhole’s administration.
According to him, those who have been effective among the chairmen would be considered to return to continue their good work while those that performed below par would be replaced.
“We decided to dissolve the existing boards of various sports associations we met except the Edo Football Association which statutorily we cannot dissolve.”
“Our decision to dissolve the affected sports associations is not political, but borne out of our genuine desire to have effective and result oriented board chairmen that can deliver. Some of them are not even in the country and not in touch with the association.”
“We actually need men and women that are committed to sports development to be our chairmen . We have discovered that some of our former chairmen were far from the associations they represented. It can’t be business as usual. However, we have considered that those who have been effective should return as chairmen while the poorly performed ones will be replaced. We want the best for ourselves.”
“We hope to reconstitute new boards with chairmen within a week and those coming must be experienced sportsmen who have passion and the drive to attract sponsorship and support for the associations to succeed,” Hon Enabulele emphasized.
In the meantime, the chairman of the Edo Hockey Association, Barrister Walter Imodemhen, was chosen to serve as the Sports Association’s representative on the Executive Board of the Edo State Sports Commission.
Prior to the board’s dissolution, he was returned without opposition. Dr. Walter’s appointment to the Commission board suggests that he will take over as chairman of the Hockey Association once more.
