Ogba, Nesiama, Wophil vie for IAAF seats

Games Federation of Nigeria (AFN) president,Solomon Ogba is in the running for one of the nine individual IAAF Council part situates when decisions come up on the first day of the 50th IAAF Congress planned for Beijing, China on August 19-20 2015.

Ogba's name was among the 39 recorded by the IAAF in its official bulletin discharged Tuesday in Monaco as contenders in the decisions.

Solomon Ogba

The previous Delta state sports magistrate in any case, has an extreme fight to face as he faces such credible,famous Olympians as Namibia's Frankie Fredericks (twofold sprints silver medallists at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta; Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco who won the 400m obstacles gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics,Bahama's Pauline Davis-Thompson,Abby Hoffman of Canada,Alberto

Juantorena Danger of Portugal,Kenya's Isaiah Kiplagat,Momar Mbaye and Theophile Montcho of Senegal and Benin Republic individually and in addition Irena Szewinska of Poland amongst different heavyweights previous olympic style events internationals.

Additionally in the running for a seat in the IAAF Technical Committee is Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama, AFN specialized chief.

Previous General Secretary of the AFN,Maria Wophil is additionally in the race to turn into the administrator of the IAAF Women's Committee.

Worphil,adjudged a standout amongst the best bookkeeping officers the AFN has ever had is right now an individual from the panel. She is likewise competing for an arrival as a part in the event that she neglects to secure a definitive ticket in Beijing.