Asaba To Host NOC’s AGM, Merit Award

The Executive Board of
the Nigeria Olympic Committee, (NOC) has approved Asaba as the venue for its 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM).
The meeting is to hold on November 20, Mr Tony Ubani, NOC spokesman said .He made the disclosure to newsmen after the body took the decision in a meeting to stir up development in the organisation.
Ubani added that the AGM would culminate into elections as well as a Merit Award Night.
“Asaba was overwhelmingly voted for after Sani Ndanusa announced that the State’s Governor,  Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan,  had accepted to host the AGM,” Ubani said.
According to him, nomination forms to the Executive positions would be available at the NOC Secretariat, National Stadium, Surulere and the NOC’s Liaison office in Abuja  from today.
He said that the deadline for the return of nomination forms would be two weeks from today.
Ubani said that the AGM would confer the Best Current Athlete Award to speedster, Blessing Okagbare, while the Distinguished Athlete Award would go to Table Tennis Trojan, Segun Toriola.
The NOC spokesman said that Uduaghan would be conferred with the Olympic Sport Friendly Personality Award for his outstanding performance in Sports.
He also said that the President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Solomon Ogba would be conferred with the Sport Administrator Award.
Ubani said that posthumous awards on promotion of sports would go to Late Alhaji Raheem Adejumo, late Chief Abraham Ordia and Alhaji K. A. B Olowu.