Football Fans Club Congratulates Shehu Dikko on appointment as Chairman
Written by News Desk on October 24, 2024
National President,Football Fans Club of Nigeria, Ambassador Oluwakemi Ogunfuwa has congratulated the newly-appointed Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko, describing him as the round peg in the round hole .
While speaking through the National Media Officer of the group,Sunday Agunbiade,Ogunfunwa noted that the Kaduna born Football administrator will bring a speedy development to Nigerian sports and youths at large .
“On behalf of the entire members and Executives of Football Fans Club of Nigeria, FFCN, I heartily rejoice with the astute football administrator who is also a marketing expert and former Chairman of Nigeria’s elite League, Mallam Shehu Dikko on the occasion of his appointment as the new Chairman, National Sports Commission. This appointment is no doubt a round peg in a round hole .
“I’m extremely glad when the nation’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR announced the appointment of former FIFA and CAF Committee member Dikko on Wednesday. He had served close to eight years as Chairman of the Nigeria Professional Football League (now Nigeria Premier Football League) and second Vice President of the NFF, as Chairman of the reintroduced National Sports Commission, throwing overboard the Federal Ministry of Sports Development will bring a great deal of accomplishments and development to the Commission “.She said.
Ogunfuwa reminded Dikko that the appointment was an opportunity for him to restructure and generate a face lift in the sporting sector.
Shehu Dikko had served as chairman of various committees in the NFF, including marketing and sponsorship, and was a member of the CAF Inter-Clubs Committee. He is still a member of the FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee.