OKOWA RECOGNISED AS THE AFN PRESIDENT BY THE WORLD ATHLETICS.

Oru Leonard

Finally, Tony Okowa have been recognised as the Authentic AFN President by the World Athletics. This brings to an end the controversies surrounding world athletics since 2019, as Okowa has been fully recognised by World Athletics.

The leadership crisis which rocked the AFN for three years led to parallel elections in Abuja and Kebbi on June 14, which produced Okowa and incumbent Gusau as presidents.

However, before the official recognition of Okowa as AFN president by WA, the global athletics body had sent the password for the official email of the federation and correspondence between both bodies to his camp. The Gusau-led group was previously in custody of the password.

While Okowa has continued to enjoy the backing of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, he also led the AFN delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The Okowa-led AFN also presented Nigeria representatives for the WA U-20 Athletics Championships, which begins in Nairobi Kenya on Wednesday.

(HMSYD Media)