Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi was elected as the sixth president of the African Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday.
Oshodi was confirmed for the new role at the 2024 ATTF annual general meeting held at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Punch Metro reports that Oshodi was once the Chairman of the Lagos State Table Tennis Association. He became Sports Commissioner of the state in 2011 during Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration.
Oshodi who will take over leadership of the African Union from Egypt’s Khaled El-Salhy became the second Nigerian to hold a prestigious position after Engr. Segun George, who served from 1988 to 1996.
Oshodi who is the current Executive Vice President of the International Table Tennis Federation was elected unanimously by a 40-member electorate, the ATTF confirmed in a statement on its website.
“The 40-member electorate’s unanimous support for Oshodi reflects overwhelming delegate confidence in his leadership for the next four years. With his election, Oshodi stands as the only Nigerian heading a continental sports organization.
Cameroon’s Alfred Bagueka was also unanimously elected as the Deputy President of ATTF. Germain Karou and Andrew Mudibo were elected as Executive Vice Presidents (EVP) for Technical and Development, respectively,” the statement read.
Working with Oshodi as Regional Vice Presidents are Benin Republic’s Ferdinand Sounou (West), Congo’s Christian Wonga (Central), Libya’s Gallel Amadeddin (North), South Africa’s Joe Carrim (South), Djibouti’s Mohmoud Omir (East).
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Olabanji Oladapo will join eight others, including Oshodi’s predecessor El-Salhy, to serve at the International Table Tennis Federation after securing continental tickets to the world body.
“From the 15 candidates who contested for the ITTF Council, outgone ATTF President, Khaled El-Salhy, joined seven others to secure continental tickets to the world body.
“Joining El-Salhy in the eight-member council are Nigeria’s Olabanji Oladapo, Botswana’s Kudzanani Motswagole, Benin Republic’s Ferdinand Sounou, Cameroon’s Alfred Bagueka, South Africa’s Joe Carrim, Tunisia’s Jalem Zayati, and Uganda’s Thomas Kiggundu.,” the statement read.
