The 15-man committee earlier inaugurated by the Director General of the National Sports Commission Alhassan Yakmut on November 05, 2015 has now been reconstituted and reduced to seven.
Prompt News recalls that the committee earlier set up by Mr. Yakmut was headed by Tunde Popoola but the Minister as now appointed Mohammed B. Abdullahi as Chairman and project coordinator.
In the reconstituted team, Nigeria Olympic Committee will be represented by Hon. Bappa A. Missau. Other members of the committee include Shamma Makpa, a Sports Officer at the National Sports Commission, Okechukwu Nebo, Head of Chancery, Nigerian Embassy in Brazil and three ministerial nominees, Bala Usman, Tar Ukoh and Mrs. Adeshola Ndu.
The Nigeria ‘Hospitality’ House Project Committee which will be inaugurated on Tuesday by the Hon Minister for Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung is to promote and showcase the country’s culture at the Rio Olympic Games in August this year, Media Aide to the Minister, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, said in a statement on Sunday.
