Elegbeleye heads OSFA three-man panel

.To oversee Sunshine Stars, Sunshine Queens

By Taofeek Babalola

Ondo State Government has constituted a three-man panel to look into the management of the Ondo State Football Development Agency (OSFA).

According to a statement from the office of the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye, the state government approved the setting up of the panel following reports of alleged ineffectiveness and inefficiencies of the agency.

The Committee has one month to submit its report.

Members of the panel, according to Ajiboye, are former Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Gbenga Elegbeleye who is to serve as the chairman while Elder Mike Adeyeye will be a member/secretary.  Mr. Tunde Ogunja – member—completed the three-man panel.

The terms and reference of the panel, according the release, is to immediately take over the day-to-day running of the agency.

They are to reorganize and reposition the Agency for greater efficiency to enable it delivers on its stated mandate. To review the over-bloated staff population of the Agency to a manageable size.

They were also mandated to ensure that Sunshine Football Club and the Sunshine Queens are not relegated and to examine the various transactions carried out by the Agency in the last four years.

The panel is to take inventory of all assets and liabilities of the Agency and make recommendations to government on the foregoing and on such other matters as may be found necessary.