NFF names ex-Nasarawa Dep Governor as Nationwide League chairman

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

A former deputy governor of Nasarawa State, His Excellency Silas Agara has been appointed as Chairman of the Nigeria Nation-Wide League One (NLO1).

The board has been reconstituted by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) along with the boards of the Nigeria National League (NNL) and the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) on Friday.

Agara will have Mr. Adeoye Adepeju as his vice.

Mallam Sabo Muhammed Dutse, Mr. Ogheneochuko Ambakaderemo, Mr. Tunji Onatolu, Barr. Bucknor Akintade and Mallam Danladi Ibrahim will serve as members of the board.

Mallam Hassan Abdullahi Garo will be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

The board will be inaugurated once the President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau returns to the country from continental assignments in Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire.

Agara is a politician, sports enthusiast, and former deputy governor of Nasarawa State.

He previously served as the Special Adviser on Sports to the Nasarawa State Governor and was announced as the running mate to Umaru Tanko Al-Makura in 2015.