Dalung appoints new Nigeria House Project Committee members

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has appointed new members into the Nigeria House Project Committee.

The 8-man committee which will oversee activities of the Nigerian Hospitality House in next year’s Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, Australia and possibly the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is headed by Mr. Ifedayo Akindoju as chairman and Ahmadu Musa Kida as vice chairman.

Others are Mohammed Baba Abdullahi who returns as the Consultant/ Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim A. Abdul as Assistant Secretary, Kelvin Erhunwmuse (member), Margaret Nzumbato (member), Tonobok Ojuru Okowa (member) and Bolcit Patience Barshep (member/secretary).

The Nigeria House Project is a public private partnership concept between the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and MOBAB Consult Limited which is a private management and marketing firm to promote the image of Nigerian sports and brand Nigeria in international sporting events, beginning with the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

The committee shall be involved in the promotion of Nigeria’s cultural heritage, socio-economic and political development of the nation and business opportunities to the entire world.

The minister said, “The services of the committee members are purely voluntary without any remuneration. The Nigeria House Project is entirely a voluntary project borne out of the members’ volition to contribute to building Nigeria.”