Gara-Gombe: NOC Needs Regime Change, Not More Years Under Gumel

Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Athletics and Other Sports Development Commission, has called for a change of leadership at the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), accusing the organisation of lacking direction, accountability and meaningful development programmes.
Gara-Gombe, who spoke in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Abuja, said the forthcoming NOC elections provided an opportunity to replace what he described as an ineffective leadership structure under the committee’s president, Habu Gumel.
He argued that the NOC needed administrators with proven records who could provide a clear vision for Nigerian sport, rather than prolon...