Allstars Football Club Abeokuta Join Others To Celebrate Olopade's Appointment As DG, National Sports Commission - EDU-BIZNEWS

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Allstars Football Club Abeokuta Join Others To Celebrate Olopade's Appointment As DG, National Sports Commission





The award-winning Allstars Football Club of Abeokuta have joined the growing list of stakeholders including Governor Dapo Abiodun and Gateway United FC who had congratulated the newly appointed Director General of National Sports Commission (NSC), Chief Bukola Olopade,who hails from Gbagura in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State 

Olopade is a former Ogun State Commissioner for Youth and Sports and currently Managing Director/CEO of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, a one of the leading Sports Marketing Companies in Africa who successfully packaged road races in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial city and Abeokuta 

Following a very successful tenure as a former Commissioner for Sports in Ogun State, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed him as the new DG of NSC last Thursday, November 14, 2024

Allstars Football Club Abeokuta's President, Alhaji Lawal Adeoye Waheed in a congratulatory message said "Chief Olopade (Ozo) is a seasoned Sports Technocrat and a performing Administrator who has been doing a lot in promoting Nigerian Sports from the Private sector and his appointment is a well deserved one"

"Olopade proven track record of elevating the Nigerian Sports landscape, his expansive global network and his experience in managing multimillion dollar budgets and assets will prove invaluable in his new role as the Director General.He is indeed equiped to transform the National Sports Commission into a shinning beacon of excellence"

Olopade is a reputable Egba titled Chief who was recently installed as the Osi Asoju-Oba of Egbaland by the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo


He is also currently the Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the upcoming National Sports Festival (NSF) which is scheduled to be held by January 2025 in Ogun State.

"Ozoo'' has carved a niche for himself in the Sports industry with a sterling profile that is always a cynosure of all eyes in Nigeria and beyond and with this appointment, Nigeria Sports will never remain the same" Lawal concluded.

Allatars Football Club Abeokuta is the 1st and only Allstars Football can Club in the country to have won State Federation Cup as the club won Ogun state Federations Cup in 2018. 

The association parades most experienced, astute football administrators who are tested stakeholders in sports in the country i.e. Former Coaches Kolawole Solomon Taiwo,  Kadiri Kawawa Ikhana (MON), Biodun Kalejaye,  Muyiwa Famuyiwa. Also, Coaches Toyin Ayinla, Akeem Daranijo, Shakiru Lawal, Henry Oviawe and Elder Biodun Odejimi (Bonanza), amongst others.

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