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Ex-Sports Minister Ka’oje dies at 60, buried in Abuja

Nigeria’s sporting fraternity was thrown into grief once again as the death was announced on Tuesday morning of the former Minister/ Chairman, National Sports Commission, Hon. Bala Bawa Ka’oje.

He was 60 years of age. The Nigeria Football Federation expressed its shock and sadness at the passing of the former Minister, with the NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi describing the deceased as “a dignified and unassuming public servant who showed great passion and interest in the development and improvement of Nigeria sports.” Quietly intelligent, diligent and a man of high integrity, Ka’oje is on record to have conveyed to then NFA (for onward conveyance to world football –governing body, FIFA) in February 2007, the abrogation of Decree 101 hitherto governing the administration of football in Nigeria, and government’s recognition of the approval by then NFA’s Annual General Meeting of the Statutes and its standing orders as the sole regulatory instrument for football administration in Nigeria.

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