The Full Council of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has congratulated the newly appointed Head Coach of the Super Eagles Finidi George on his appointment  and charged him to justify the confidence reposed on him. 

The Sports Writers rising from the meeting held in Kano,  urged the Nigeria Football Federation to provide the enabling environment for Finidi to succeed. The former Ajax Amsterdam winger was recently appointed by the NFF to replace Jose Peseiro who left the job after the African Nations Cup held in Cote D'Ivoire. 

The Full Council also commended Nigeria athletes at the recently held 13th  African Games in Ghana and urged the Ministry of Sports and Nigeria Olympic Committee to intensify preparations for Paris Olympics. They further called on the Sports Ministry to collaborate more with SWAN and reserve more slots for its members of the association in subsequent international competitions. They said sporting competitions remain media event. 

The Council  regretted the abuse of power and rascality in the build up to July 2023 Triennial Delegate Congress in Omoku which led to the arbitrary disqualification of some aspirants in that election by the Honour Sirawo-led administration and commended the affected persons for the maturity with which they managed the injustice. They absorbed  the purported wrongdoings leveled against President Isaiah Benjamin by some unregistered members of National Executive Committee (NEC). 

Full council cleared the President of hateful, vengeful, gross abuse of privilege and declared allegations against him of no consequences, null and void. Afterwards, Full Council unanimously passed a vote of confidence on Isaiah Benjamin as President of the Association and the entire NEC as presently constituted.

Full council agreed that the needless crisis orchestrated by some members of NEC had brought public embarrassment to the association, dented its corporate image which has rubbed it of immense benefits. 

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