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ENUGU State Football Association on Thursday elected the incumbent chairman, Mr Tony Ugwu, for another four years in office while Mr Monday Nnonah was elected the vice chairman.
At the election held at Nsukka Sports Club, Nsukka Local Government Headquarter, the chairman, vice chairman were voted in by the accredited 27 voters who are member of that association.
Also, the election retuned other members unopposed as they have no opponents like in the case of the chairman and his vice.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugwu rose to the position of the ENSFA substantive chairman following the dismissal of Chidi Ofo-Okenwa in May 2020.
NAN reports that two Representatives from Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Joshua Onoja, and Chinedu Oha, attended the election.
In his address, Onoja who represented the NFF president, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, said hey are in Enugu to elect members of ENSFA that will pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years.
“I believe that the Electoral Committee has dutifully done their work in line with the regulatory provision of the state FA, NFF status and the electoral code of 2009.
“We are here to witness what I may call a fraternity but not a contest on the ground that our faces are familiar in the course of football.
He later described the election as free, fair and credible in the sense that there are no conflict from the exercise because of its credibility.
Onoja called the executives to ensure that they take football development to a higher level.
The newly-elected chairman, Ugwu, thanked the electorates for choosing him for the next four years and promised inclusive administration where everybody will be well represented.
He pleaded with the government to ensure that Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium hosts matches in the coming season so that football will come back to life again in the state.
“Whatever it is, government needs to finish all works at the stadium so that we will have a place to execute our league, state Federation and league and grassroots matches.
“We also need corporate organisations to start investing in the game to help in football talent discovery at the grassroots and harnessing of discovered talents.
“Enugu FA needs a 30- or 40-seater bus to easy their transportation and in that regards we need both government and corporate organisations to assist,” he said.
Francis Ugwu, the ENSFA secretary and the secretary Electoral Committee, thanked the electorates and other football stakeholders for coming to witness the election.
Ugwu called on the elected members to take their new assignment seriously because to whom much is given, much is expected.
NAN also reports that out of the Nine FA members which includes the chairman and his vice, three members came from Enugu North, Enugu East and the other three from Enugu West. (NAN)
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