Board of Sports Federations: Sports Commission releases timetable for elections.

[FMINigeria]

                        The National Sports Commission (NSC) has announced the time schedule for elections into the boards of the various non-concession sporting Federations.

According to the release from NSC, the elections were to commence with zonal elections this month and round off with the national elections in May, 2013.

Details of the election timetable were as follows:

April 10 – 15, 2013: The collection of nomination forms begins.  All interested aspirants were to pick the nomination forms for free at the national office/headquarters of the Federation they wish to contest for.

April 16 -17, 2013: Submission of nomination forms. All aspirants were required to submit the completed nomination forms to the national office/headquarters of their respective Federations.

April 19, 2013:  Screening of aspirants and the announcement of the preliminary list of qualified candidates by the various Zonal Electoral Committees.

April 20 -24, 2013: Petitions/Appeals arising from the screening exercise.  Aggrieved aspirants were required to send their appeals or petitions to the NSC, Abuja office.

April 27, 2013: Announcement of final list of qualified candidates

April 30, 2013: Zonal elections into the boards of the various sporting federations scheduled to take place at the headquarters of the 6 Geo-political zones of the NSC: Ibadan, Benin, Enugu, Kaduna, Jos and Bauchi

May 1 – 6, 2013: Petitions/Appeals arising from the zonal elections.

The elections for the positions of President and Vice President of the various sporting federations scheduled to take place in Abuja on May 14, 2013.  The swearing-in ceremony would take place on May, 17, 2013 after all appeals or petitions arising from the elections would have been dealt with.

The NSC further sought to assure all stakeholders that it has put in place systems to ensure fair and credible elections at both the zonal and national levels.

The release from NSC further advised interested stakeholders who wish to participate in the elections to consult the published guidelines for information regarding eligibility and modalities for the conduct of the elections.

Via: Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Nigeria

[Folami David]

This is a very good progress for the Sport Comission. This would help them prepare better. Great one from them!