Nigeria Rugby Football changes name

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>President&comma; Nigeria Rugby Football Federation &lpar;NRFF&rpar;&comma; Mr&period; Kelechukwu Mbagwu&comma; has announced the change of name of the federation&period; <br> He stated this in Lagos&comma; saying the change of name would take effect in June 2019&period;<br> According to him&comma; it will now be called Nigeria Rugby Football Union &lpar;NRFU&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Mbagwu explained that the decision was reached at the Annual General Meeting &lpar;AGM&rpar; of the federation held in Lagos over the weekend&period; <br>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;In line with the international body’s instruction&comma; NRFF is changing its name to Nigeria Rugby Football Union&period; The AGM&comma; which is the first after our constitution was approved by the Sports Ministry and the NOC&comma; sat in Lagos at the weekend to approve the new name&period; We took the decision to comply with the international body’s directive but it will be effective from June&comma;’’ Mbagwu said&period; <br>&NewLine;The NRRF president said that the federation also directed all state affiliates to conduct election into their boards by December&period; <br>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Other far-reaching decisions were also taken at the AGM&period; All the state affiliates are expected to conduct elections into their boards on or before December&period; Those states that are ready to have their elections should contact the federation to send delegates to monitor their elections&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br>&NewLine;He added that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; states must ensure that all stakeholders are carried along in the process of the election&period; A three-member committee was set up to come up with guidelines within three months for the elections&comma;’’ Mbagwu said&period; <br>&NewLine;He further said that the meeting deliberated on the successes recorded so far on the development of rugby in various states adding that the AGM deliberated on National Council on Sports approval of rugby as one of optional sports for the next National Sports Festival&comma; scheduled to hold in Benin&comma; in 2020&period;’’<br>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; the AGM has approved Nigeria hosting of the Africa Silver Cup&period;<br>&NewLine;The tournament will take place in Lagos in from June 7 to June 17&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Although we are the host but we are hosting to win because we have what it takes to win&comma;’’ he said&period; Rugby Africa Cup 2019 Pool A tournament would see Nigeria play host to Madagascar&comma; Botswana and Ghana&period; The competition would be an opportunity for the country to increase rugby’s awareness&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;