Nigeria: AFN - Sports Ministry Warns Against Dissenting Voices

6 December 2019

The Ministry of Youths and Sports Development has declared that its supervisory role over national sports federations remains sacrosanct.

The Permanent Secretary in the ministry of sports, Olusade Adesola in a statement gave a stern warning to the erstwhile President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Ibrahim Gusau to note the above and subject himself to the outcome of the proceedings while urging the George led AFN board to continue to carry out the affairs of the sports federation in accordance with extant rules and regulations.

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