The embattled Director-General of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Alhassan Yakmut has been relieved of his job, demoted and posted to the Ministry of Niger Delta as a Director.
The erstwhile DG was away in Brazil to inspect the facilities ahead of the Rio Olympic Games holding later in the year when his posting was released by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation.
Sequel to the merger of the NSC with Youth to form the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, a ministerial committee set up favoured the scrapping of the Sports Commission, as confirmed last Wednesday by the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, while receiving the Acting Director-General, Dr. Vincent Akpotaire, who paid him a courtesy call in Abuja.
According to him, “the establishment of the Commission and the office of the Director-General was by the pronouncements of the President. As such, by its merger with the Ministry of Youth, the Commission and the office of the Director-General were equally annulled by the pronouncements of the President.”
It would be recalled that Yakmut was appointed Acting NSC DG in April, 2015 by then President Goodluck Jonathan, who also confirmed him two weeks to the end of his tenure.
There is subdued excitement when our correspondent visited the Sports Commission at the Federal Secretariat as most officers in the junior and senior cadres, accused Yakmut of self-centeredness in the day-to-day running of the commission.
*PrompNews Online
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