One of Nigeria’s well known sports medicine practitioners and doping control manager of the National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO), Dr. Femi Ayorinde has called on the Nigerian sports authorities to honour late coach Harrison Obiajulu Momah for all his contribution to track and field in Nigeria.
Coach Momah credited to have discovered and groomed majority of the athletes who represented Nigeria in the 1990s and 2000, died peacefully surrounded by his family on March 1, 2025, at his residence in Ilroin, Kwara State. He was 82 years old.
Speaking ahead of a memorial to be held in coach Momah’s honour on April 5, at the National Stadium, Dr. Ayorinde said the Delta State born coach dedicated his entire life to athletics.
“He is one coach who dedicated all his life to athletics. Look at the number of athletes he produced virtually all of them represented Nigeria.
“He is one man that really needs to be appreciated by his country he has served so well. He was a very respectful and a lovable man.
“I’m happy that all his former athletes rallied around him since he was sick. They have really done well for him.”
Coach Momah will be laid to rest on April 10 in Ilorin. He is survived by his wife and two young daughters.
