The department of Human Kinetics of the University of Ibadan in Ibadan will on Thursday honour a retired FIFA-badged referee, Professor Babatunde Asagba with the launch of a book written in his honour at a ceremony at the school’s campus.
According to former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Dr Bolaji Ojo-Oba, the book “is made up of academic articles in the areas of sport administration and management, including Health Education”.
Dr Ojo-Oba who retired as Director of the Federation of Elite Athletes Department (FEAD) of the defunct National Sports Commission (NSC) said that Prof Asagba “is a professor of Organization and Administration of Physical Education and Sports (as well as) a FIFA Referee of strong repute”.
The book launch, he added, will be preceded by an exhibition match at the New Stadium of the university on Thursday morning.