A member of the Technical Committee of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Seigha Porbeni, has stated he’s very optimistic that the President of the Federation, Tonobok Okowa, has nothing to cover, particularly on the subject of monetary administration.
“As his Particular Adviser (SA) on the Delta Sports activities Fee, I can take satisfaction in figuring out that he (Okowa) has nothing to cover when challenged,” he stated in a message to The Guardian.
Porbeni gave the reason yesterday whereas talking on why he wrote a letter to Sports activities Minister John Enoh on points affecting the federation.
In a letter dated January 31, 2024, addressed to the Minister of Sports activities, Porbeni stated: “I’m writing in my capability as nationwide head coach of the above-mentioned federation and likewise a stakeholder of the federation. “It’s not information that there are a lot of misunderstandings throughout the hierarchy of governance.”
The AFN had arrange a five-member committee on September 16 to research its funds. The panel report, amongst different issues, questioned among the monetary transactions of the Secretary Normal of the AFN, Ms. Rita Moshindi.
However some people, together with athletes and coaches, have poked holes within the panel's report, significantly the objection to the reimbursement of N40 million, which AFN President, Chief Tonobok Okowa, lent the federation to prepare some competitions together with the Golden League, pending when it’ll happen. acquired cash from their essential sponsor, Premium Belief Financial institution.
Porbeni was amongst those that criticized the audit panel's experiences on the time, describing them as “a serious distraction.”
Chatting with The Guardian, Porbeni stated: “When two elephants struggle, they are saying it’s the grass that suffers. All of those audit committee experiences are significantly distracting as a result of the financing of the AFN program for the 2024 season has not been mentioned by the board for approval and clearance for efficient coaching of each athletes and coaches.”
Porbeni's letter to the Sports activities Minister on January 31, advising him to ask exterior auditors to assessment the interior audit committee's report and take mandatory motion, got here as a shock to many athletics followers.
Nonetheless, Porbeni yesterday defined to The Guardian why he wrote to the Sports activities Minister: “Sure, I spoke about distractions earlier than. I additionally talked in regards to the grasses that undergo when two elephants struggle. I’m on the lookout for any means to discover a everlasting answer to forestall additional distraction and struggling of the grasses.
He continues: “What’s the downside for exterior auditors? The President (Okowa) experiences this yearly within the Delta Sports activities Fee, and as his Particular Adviser (SA), I can boast that he has nothing to cover when challenged. If this may convey lasting peace, why not?'
