More than three months after assumption of office the 15-man
board of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF) has officially been recognized
by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF).
Under the leadership of its first ever female President, Mrs
Margaret Binga, the taekwondo board has taken giant stride since taking charge.
In an email to the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation, Yeni Lee, who
is designated as “Member Relations”, Development & Legal Affairs of World
Taekwondo wrote, ““This is to notify you that the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation
has finished the report and recognition of the newly elected board members. The
information has been uploaded on World Taekwondo Website and Directory
according the provided information.”
Binga, a two-time African champion was elected as the President
of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation and inaugurated by the Minister of Youths
and Sports in August.
Since the Federation’s inaugural board meeting on September 26in
Lagos, the board has organised seven major programmes across the country –
three national coaching workshops in Maiduguri, Makurdi and Abakaliki; the taekwondo
event of the National Youth Games in Ilorin; a National Referee Course, Korean
Ambassador’s Cup and 1st ever Nigeria Open Taekwondo Championships in Abuja.
Also, delegates at the first ever congress of the Nigeria
Taekwondo Federation voted to hold a special congress in March 2018 in order to
deliberate and pass the constitution of the Federation.
The end of year congress, which was chaired by Binga, had
delegates from 20 states in attendance.
Other NTF board officials present were: Mrs Pat Anyanwu, Alhaji
Sani Lawal, Mr Anthony Anafulu, Mr Chika Chukwumerije Maccido Mohammed and the
NTF Secretary-General, Mr Taiwo Oriss.
Other discussions that came up included para taekwondo, the 2018
NTF calendar and the NTF constituition.
Chairman
of the NTF Technical Committee, Alhaji Sani Lawal, explained the rationale and
purpose of the Calendar.
“You
will see from the Calendar that 17 states are covered with a variety of
programs – referee, coaching, competitions of all grades- seniors, juniors,
cadets and kiddies. Our intention to cover all states in the course of our
tenure, in line with the vision of our NTF President. So please we urge
everyone to be part of the process so there is uniform development”
Delegates
commended the Federation for having such a rich program for the development of
taekwondo in Nigeria.
With
regards to the constitution, the NTF President Binga explained why it was not
being deliberated at the congress.
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