Kwara Sports Commission gets Chairman, DGP

Date: 2021-08-04

Bola Mogaji has been appointed as Chairman of the newly created 10-man Kwara State Sports Commission.

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq also appointed Dr Olarinoye Steve Abiodun as the Director-General of the commission.

A statement in Ilorin by the governor's spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye, announced the appointments.

Mogaji, a household name in the sports industry, who hails from Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state, has decades of cognate experience as a professional sports athlete and stakeholder.

A graduate of University of Ibadan, he has served in different capacities as a sports administrator at different levels.

Mogaji was on the Kwara State Sports Council as chief coach between 1977 and 1995; he was national squash champion between 1988-1989; national coach squash 1995-2014; technical chairman of Nigeria Squash Federation between 2000-2004 and President of the Nigeria Squash Referee Association from 2012 to date among others.

Dr Abiodun, the new director general of the commission, who hails from Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state, is also a renowned sports administrator.

A product of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, he has held several positions as executive secretary of the Professional League, Nigeria Football Association between 1993-1995; Head, International Competition Department (NFA) 1995-1996; Secretary General, Nigeria Weightlifting Federation between 2005-2009 and chairman, Kwara state Weightlifting Association from 2018-to date.

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