/ 31 December 1999

NIGERIAN ATHLETICS BOSS WON’T QUIT

THE president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Yomi Adeyemi Wilson, has rescinded his decision to quit his post.

Wilson resigned last week, claiming pressure at his day job at US oil giants ExxonMobil as reason for the decision.

“I am back as the president of the AFN,” Wilson said at the end of the Federation’s board meeting here.

“It has also been agreed that I could delegate more responsibilities to other officials because of my busy schedule at ExxonMobil,” he said.

The AFN has recently come under fire over allegations of fraud at the secretariat of the body which has nurtured such international stars as Glory Alozie in the past.