Bola Tinubu on Wednesday appointed Mallam Shehu Dikko, as the Director General of the National Sports Commission.
Dikko was previously the vice president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Chairman of League Management Company.
His appointment came shortly after the President scrapped the Ministry of Sports and announced that the National Sports Commission should take over.
The statement issued by Bola Tinubu reads: “The immediate winding up of the Ministry of Sports Development and the transfer of its functions to the National Sports Commission in order to develop a vibrant sports economy.
“The appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports Commission;
“The President thanked the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council for their service to the nation while wishing them the best in their future endeavours.
“He then charged the newly appointed ministers as well as their reassigned colleagues to see their appointment as a call to serve the nation.
“He added that all appointees must understand the administration’s eagerness and determination to set Nigeria on the path to irreversible growth and invest the best of their abilities into the actualisation of the government’s priorities.”
However, during his tenure at NFF barely two years ago, it was alleged that Dikko was linked to corruption and misappropriation of funds by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
This made the anti-corruption agency announce the seizure of some of the properties owned by Shehu Dikko in 2022.
