Osaikhiwe Returned as Tug-of-War Federation President
Isaac Osaikhiwe Isaac has been returned as President of Tug-of-Tug War Federation of Nigeria.
He was unanimously re-elected at the 8th Annual General Assembly of the federation which recently held at the Conference Room of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), National Stadium Surulere, Lagos.
In his acceptance speech, Mr. Osaikhiwe thanked the delegates for their confidence in his executive and pledged to work harder to make Tug-of-war household sport in the country.
He added that his coming to office in his first term was more of a rescue mission for the federation. This he said was the reason he hit the ground running as soon as he stepped in the saddle.
“And today, the federation has made some landmark achievements which include inauguration of associations in various states across the country.
These states include; FCT, Bayelsa, Kano, Kebbi and Kwara among others.”
Osaikhiwe however added that the main focus of his board in this second term is to ensure that the sport becomes a scoring event at the National Sports Festival as well as representing the country at international competitions.
He’s also desperate to see the sport introduced in schools in pursuit of the federation’s grassroots agenda.
Other elected officials on the board include; ACP Bashir Abubakar (1st Vice President), Rear Admiral Etop Ebe (2nd Vice President), Abdulkareem Macaulay(Sec Gen/Int. Rep) Babatoba Samuel(Technical Director), Jude Iduh (National Coach), Tombiri James (Ass. National Coach), Mrs.Shola Ogundele (Treasurer), Raymond Akparuere(PRO) and Hajia Amina Dangaji.
Others include; Ibrahim Umah, Daniel Ohioma, Ms Jennifer Udeh and Musa Abdullahi.
Earlier while declaring the AGM open, the Secretary General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Hon. Babatunde Popoola in company with the Olympic body’s PRO, Mr. Tony Nezianya, commended the Isaac Osaikhiwe Isaac-led board for the peace and discipline that have existed in the Tug-of -War Nigeria Federation in the past years.
