The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) has named former international football star, Olusegun Odegbami, as head of its Sports Diplomacy Desk, which role is to explore sports as a diplomatic tool to foster the country’s international relationships in accordance with the nation’s foreign policy agenda.
In a statement announcing Odegbami’s appointment, NIIA Director General, Prof. Efosa Osaghae, said, the “Desk intends to open up fresh frontiers and opportunities for Nigerian sports across economic, cultural, and diplomatic sectors with African countries and others that have become home to people of African descent.”
He said the Sports Diplomacy Desk has identified a conversation series as one of the vehicles for the project.
Osaghae revealed that the first conversation to launch the Sports Diplomacy Project will hold tomorrow at the NIIA’s main hall in Lagos from 11.00 a.m.
