Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (rtd), Head of the Competitors and Administration Committee of the AthIetic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has stated that with optimistic synergy, the challenges going through the federation might be overcome because it grapples with competitions within the new season .
Nesiama, who was lately appointed head of AFN's competitions and administration committee, stated the duties forward of the federation are outcomes.
“As Head of Competitions, it’s our job to make sure that athletes compete with one another always… though occasions are brief, the final we heard from the organizers of the Africa Video games in Ghana was that each one entries shall be within the center February. This makes our work very tight and pressing. It then signifies that AFN will adapt its packages to accommodate the nationwide trials in a short while and embrace all our athletes.”
The previous Technical Director of AFN additionally assured that his committee would work with the technical and different committees for good synergy to make the job possible.
He knowledgeable that AFN would start its first competitors of the season in early February and constantly by March in order that athletes can adequately put together, insisting that there shall be extra competitions this 12 months than the 12 months earlier than.
“Aside from the AFN Golden League and the African Video games, the 2024 Paris Olympics are among the many huge duties that aren’t insurmountable,” he stated. Nesiama added that the inclusion of overseas athletes in this system of the Africa Video games competitions can be performed with out pointless protocols, including that the Federation can be dynamic and loosen up sure guidelines that would hinder athletes anyplace on the planet from to attend competitions.
He assured that athletes would have the very best preparations and warned that the federation wouldn’t tolerate any complacency, saying there can be strict adherence to self-discipline and guidelines can be laid down.
Nesiama has additionally formulated a phrases of reference for the Competitors and Administration Committee, which incorporates: “making certain the correct group of competitions authorised by the AFN and arranged by its subsidiaries, finishing up an evaluation of all competitions utilizing evaluation instruments, which we’ll develop as quickly as attainable, be answerable for appointing competitors administration officers and, in collaboration with NAATO, appointing officers.”
The committee can also be charged with “liaising with different associated committees/committees to make sure that the AFN annual calendar of occasions and all competitors content material and occasion timetables are ready in accordance with finest follow and with the welfare of athletes at coronary heart, in addition to “sustaining contact with the AFN technical committee and board, publishing info on occasions for AFN competitions and choice standards for worldwide competitions.”
