THE Nigeria Football Federation has expressed grief at the death of the Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Youth and Sports, Ekene Abubakar Adams, with Ibrahim Gusau paying the deceased’s family a condolence visit.
Adams passed on in the early hours of today at the tender age of 39 after a prolonged illness.
NFF President Gusau, in a letter he personally signed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, extolled the virtues of the late Adams, saying the deceased was “the leader of a very important committee in the House of Representatives and a man who was very much alive to his duties, tasks, assignments, obligations and responsibilities”.
Gusau said Adams had Nigerian football’s best interests at heart and was always willing to develop the game.
“As someone who has worked in football all his life, contributing his quota to the development of the game on the domestic front, Hon Ekene Abubakar Adams was well-known to the entire football fraternity, and it was no surprise that he was very keen on further development of the game of football in the country while he served as Chairman of the House Committee on Youth and Sports Development,” Gusau noted.
“From serving and excelling as General Manager of Kada Stars Football Club of Kaduna to serving and accomplishing great things as General Manager of Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne, to his glorious political sojourn that ended with Chairmanship of one of the most important committees in Nigeria’s Parliament, the late Hon. Adams surely left his bold and indelible footprints in the sands of time, and departed with a legacy of distinguished service to the football industry and to the country’s legislative chambers.
“We all loved him, but God Almighty loves him much more. Rather than be thrown into dejection and sorrow, we must endeavour to celebrate Hon. Adams’ fruitful and fulfilled existence here on planet earth.”
Gusau thereafter paid a condolence visit to the house of the late Hon. Adams, where he met with his mother and wife.
