Egbe congratulates new AFN boss, Okowa
By George Aluo
Chief Executive Officer of Monimichelle Group, Ebi Egbe has hailed the emergence of Tonobok Okowa as the new President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN).
Egbe in a congratulatory message to the Delta State Sports Commission boss stated that the nation’s athletics family has chosen the right man to lead the association.
“I congratulate Okowa on his well deserved victory. I make bold to say that those who elected him have settled for the right man. Okowa has the pedigree to lead AFN and he has demonstrated it with the good job he is doing in Delta,” Egbe stated.
The stadium construction expert urged athletics stakeholders to rally round Okowa who he noted has a lot of job to do given the challenges facing the game in the country.
“My plea is for the stakeholders to rally round him and give him the needed support to succeed.”
Egbe stressed that Okowa should on his part take immediate steps to reconcile members of the athletics family in the over all interest of the nation.
“With the elections over, it is time to work and the first job to do is that of reconciliation so that every body would be on the same page,” Egbe stated.
It would be noted that Okowa had after his victory said the welfare of athletes and coaches is top on his priority.
The new AFN board was sworn in yesterday in Abuja by sports minister, Sunday Dare, who charged the new board to hit the ground running.
