Do you know the rascal Simon Ekpa wey dey lead a fraction of IPOB? Do you know he has very strong connection with APC? Do you know that it was the late Deji Tinubu that sponsored Simon Ekpa’s athletic career and sent him abroad? Do you know that Simon represented lagos state…
DT, as he was popularly called, was very instrumental to the development of Lagos state sports from the grassroots. He eventually became a board member of the NFF. He was part of the think-thank that shocked Africa as Nigeria against all odds won the African Cup of Nations in South Africa in 2013.
He served as chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission before he was elected as a member of the NFF executive committee in 2010. He served as chairman of the marketing and sponsorship committee under the Aminu Maigari administration from 2010-2014.
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As special adviser on sports to Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos state governor, he helped actualise the hosting of the 2nd CAF Beach Soccer Cup of Nations in the state in December 2016. He had also been in the forefront of other projects in which Lagos state was partnering the NFF before he was posted from sports to commerce, industry and cooperatives on January 19, 2018.
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