Wrestling Federation’s Secretariat Moves To Abuja

The secretariat of the Wrestling Federation of Nigeria (NWF) has moved to Abuja, an official of the federation confirmed this week.

The federation’s Secretary-General, Olumide Bamiduro, told newsmen that the secretariat “is now in the Package B of the Abuja National Stadium’’.

“We are now in the Indoor Hall at the Package B, and this is to ensure we operate better than before as we get ready for the 2012 Olympic Games in London,’’ he said.

The wrestling federation’s secretariat had been in Lagos since the body’s formation and operations under the National Associations’ office of the National Sports Commission (NSC).

Even when the NSC moved to Abuja in the early 90s, the federation’s secretariat remained in Lagos alongside a number of other sports federations, which had maintained their Lagos offices.

Bamiduro said that he was excited by the secretariat’s relocation to Abuja as the development would enhance administrative activities in the federation.

“We are also closer to our supervising body, the NSC, and this will help us in preparing our wrestlers who have qualified for the 2012 London Olympics,’’ he said.

“Our wrestlers for the Olympics will be camping in Abuja, and will thereafter be moving abroad for the pre-Games training tour. The secretariat will therefore be crucial to all arrangements in this respect,’’ he said.

Two male wrestlers, Sinivie Boltic and Dick Adibo, and their female counterparts, Obiajunwa Amarachi and Blessing Oborodudu, are already preparing for the London Games.

The wrestling federation is expected to open camp for them and eight other wrestlers as part of the preparations for the Olympics.