The Lagos State Authorities has endorsed a former Commissioner for Youth, Sports activities and Social Growth, Wahid Enitan Oshodi’s marketing campaign to turn into the African Desk Tennis Federation (ATTF) president.
Oshodi is about to contest for the place on the 2024 elective yearly basic assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 15.
In an announcement by the Commissioner for Info and Technique, Gbenga Omotoso, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu expressed his help for Oshodi’s candidacy, citing “his real ardour for desk tennis over the previous a long time”.
Below Oshodi’s management as commissioner, Lagos turned a outstanding vacation spot for desk tennis globally.
“We’re backing him and need him all the perfect. He’s a worthy Lagosian who has inspired lots of our youths to take up the sport as professionals. Apart from, he has been on the forefront of our expertise search. He has groomed many,” Governor Sanwo-Olu as saying.
Oshodi started his journey because the chairman of the Lagos State Desk Tennis Affiliation and have become Commissioner in 2011 throughout Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration.
Throughout his tenure as Commissioner, Lagos hosted the extremely acclaimed Nationwide Sports activities Pageant, ‘Eko 2012,’ and established itself as a key sports activities hub in Africa with the introduction of the Worldwide Sports activities Classics collection.
Sanwo-Olu highlighted Oshodi’s rising profile in world desk tennis, noting: “We’re excited that Mr. Oshodi has continued to make Lagos and Nigeria proud along with his impeccable document inside and out of doors Africa. In 2021, he turned a number one determine in world desk tennis; he was elected Govt Vice President of the Worldwide Desk Tennis Federation (ITTF) and Deputy President of ATTF. We imagine his election will positively influence desk tennis and sports activities on the whole, and we’re assured that Lagos will proceed to be a number one metropolis in desk tennis in Africa.”
If elected, Oshodi would be the second Nigerian to carry the celebrated place, following the steps of Segun George, a former ATTF president. His election will even make him the one Nigerian presently heading a continental sports activities federation.
