The Bayelsa state-born sports administrator, Barrister Johnson Dagana has emerged as president of, the Super Eagles Supporters Club(SESC) by polling 42 votes and emerged unopposed in the election which took place at Aris hotels on Saturday in Abuja.
Speaking immediately after the victory, he promised to raise the bar by building on the success recorded by the club in the past.
He said; “my first mission is to unite the Super Eagles Supporters Club(SESC) across the 36 States in Nigeria.
“Secondly, we need to hit the ground running by rolling out our plans to ensure we support football and other sports in Nigeria.
“We can’t do this alone, so we will need sponsorship from private organizations and individuals as the case may be.
“So, what we will do is to begin to interface with some of these sponsors that we had before this time, to see how we can reactivate the relationships we have with them.
“As I speak with you, we are in touch with the NFF president and also the minister of sports, representatives were sent to witness this election. We are going to pay a courtesy visit to them to ensure we start to work with them to achieve success, “Dagana the former Chairman of SESC Bayelsa State Chapter said.
SUPER EAGLES SUPPORTERS CLUB NATIONAL ELECTED OFFICERS
1. National President: Dr (Barr) Johnson Emewoei Dagana
2. Deputy National President: Alhaji Musiliu Alao Jimoh
3. National Vice President North: Mohammed Mohammed:
4. National Vice President South-South: Prince Adekunle Dare
5. National Vice President: Stephen Ikoro Ekeh
6. Treasurer: Abibat Arowolo
7. Financial Secretary: Pastor Wilfred Akpan
8. Public Relations Officer: Olutoye Orishabiyi
9. Welfare Officer: Umar Muhammed
10. Social Secretary: Chief Ejiro Okurame
11. Chief Whip: David Etaba
12. Internal Auditor: Jonathan Joseph
APPOINTED OFFICER:
1. OGUNSOLA OLUDELE OLUMUYIWA RALPH (General Secretary)
2. Diji Obadiah (Ex-officio)
2. Sam Pirar (Ex-officio)
3. Blessing Nwanolue (Ex-officio)
SESC is one of the most respected supporters club across the world. At AFCON Cameroun 2022, one of the SESC side attraction crew “Iyabo Afolabi” was awarded the FAN of the match and in the just concluded AFCON Under 20, Egypt 2023, Alhaji Musiliu Alao Jimoh” received the Fan Award from Orange. He also received an award from the Nigerian Ambassador in Egypt as the best supporter.
