President Tinubu Told To Immediately Sack Top Minister, Details Emerge

• Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to relieve one of his cabinet members of his duty if he (Tinubu) hopes to achieve his 'Renewed Hope' agenda
• According to Ayodele, Nigeria deserves truly competent personalities at the helm of affairs
• The cleric advised President Tinubu to immediately act to restore Nigeria’s sports glory and ensure that the country’s athletes are given the support and resources they need to succeed

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering public affairs.

FCT, Abuja - The spiritual head of the Inri evangelical church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has urged President Bola Tinubu to sack John Enoh, the minister of sports development.

In a video shared recently on his known X (formerly known as Twitter) handle, Ayodele cited Team Nigeria's poor performance at the recent Olympics held in Paris, France.

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Recall that against all expectations, Nigeria's 19th appearance at the Olympic games ended in a fiasco. After 16 days of intense jostling for medals, the country failed to win any at Paris 2024

The cleric said:

“The minister of sports, he (Tinubu) is supposed to remove him immediately. Remember that Nigeria invested about N12 billion in this year's Olympics. That money would have solved some economic problems.

“To be honest, they should remove the minister immediately and put a more reliable person there.”

Watch Primate Ayodele below:

A former federal lawmaker, Enoh represented the Cross River central senatorial district and served in the 8th Senate (2015-2019) as chairman of the Senate committee on finance.

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He was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) until May 2017, when he decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and contested for the governorship of Cross River state, which he lost to Ben Ayade.

The 58-year-old was appointed minister of sports development by President Tinubu on August 16 2023, a position he has held till date.

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Meanwhile, a sports broadcaster with Mainland FM, Hassan Odunayo, has challenged Enoh to revitalise sports in Nigeria.

According to Odunayo, the current sports structure in the country is inadequate.

She told Legit.ng:

"Our Olympics outing was so disaapointing. The truth is that there is a need for total overhauling of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the National Olympic Committees (NOC).

"Nigerian athletes won medals for other countries, which makes it even worse.

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"There’s need for more sporting infrastructures in the country so these athletes can prepare well before any event."

"With better planning, we may be in contention for some medals in Los Angeles. But the real work-which should include incorporation with the schools sport system-should be an eight-year plan."

Ayodele warns opposition

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Primate Ayodele prophesied that the PDP 'will die' if it decides to 'hand' Atiku Abubakar the presidential ticket for the 2027 election.

Ayodele spoke in a video shared on his known social media page.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng