BY ISAAC AFOLABI
Ondo state deputy governor, Mr Lucky Ayedatiwa says efforts have been put in place to restructure the Ondo state football agency ODSFA for a better performance.
Mr Ayedatiwa stated this while playing host to members of the sports writers association of Nigeria SWAN, Ondo state chapter in his office in Akure the state capital.
Mr Ayedatiwa who is the head of a three man committee set up by the state governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu to take charge of the football agency last season, said part of the strategies to restructure was the recruitment of fresh players, setting up of more administrative frameworks and adding more experience hands with passion for the growth of football in the state.
The deputy governor said as the Nigeria professional football league 2021/2022 league commenced, sunshine stars football of Ondo state’s target is to pick a continental ticket at the end of the season.
Earlier, Chairman of swan in Ondo state Mr Wahab Bankole appreciated the deputy governor for his role in ensuring that sunshine stars escaped relegation last season and other kind gestures in promoting sports assuring him of the support of sports writers in the state to give sports its pride of place in the state.
A group photograph with the deputy governor.
Sunshine stars will be playing its first game on Sunday against Wikki tourist at its adopted home ground in Ijebu-Ode
Among those who were at the meeting was a new member of the ODSFA board and ex-international prince Tunde Ogunja