Oshodi, others cleared to contest for ITTF VP positions

WORLD’S table tennis ruling body, the International Table Tennis Federation ( ITTF), has confirmed Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi as one of the candidates for executive vice president positions in the November 24 elections to hold in the United States ( U. S).

Oshodi, a former Lagos State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, as well as erstwhile president of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation ( NTTF), was in June elected as the deputy president of the African Table Tennis Federation ( ATTF). He has received massive support from Africa for the upcoming elections in the U. S. based on his exemplary leadership role in the sport and outside it on the continent.

In a statement issued by the ITTF, the world body said 17 candidates would contest the eight slots available for the VP positions.

The statement disclosed: “Following a vetting process by the ITTF Nominations Committee, the nominations for the ITTF Executive Committee have been announced to the ITTF Members.

“For the ITTF Executive Vice Presidents ( 8 positions), they are Nestor TENCA ( Argentina), Graham SYMONS ( Australia), Alaor AZEVEDO ( Brazil), LIU Guoliang ( China), Alaa MESHREF ( Egypt), Michel GADAL ( France), Tony YUE ( Hong Kong), Roland NATRAN ( Hungary), Behnam HABIBZADEHMOMEN ( Iran), Masahiro MAEHARA ( Japan), Teddy MATTHEWS ( LCA), Wahid OSHODI ( Nigeria), Paul KYLE ( New Zeland), Khalil ALMOHANNADI ( Qatar), Igor LEVITIN ( Russia), Dawoud ALHAJRI ( United Arab Emirates) and Virginia SUNG ( United States).