By Jude Agbeyeke
The Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon. Bukola Olopade has reiterated the Commissions determination to return Nigeria to its glory days in global sports.
Hon. Olopade stated this during an interview with journalists at the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival tagged Gateway Games Ogun 2024 taking place in Abeokuta.
The Director General said that the NSC led by Mallam Shehu Dikko was keen on regenerating Nigeria’s sports sector through initiatives that would see the nation’s athletes compete favourably with their counterparts in global sports meets stressing that Nigeria had abundant talents but was deficient in sports infrastructure.
The Chairman of the Main Organizing Committee of the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival in Ogun State said that to this end the facilities provided for the games by the Dapo Aboidun led government would further enhance sports development not only in Ogun state but in Nigeria as the NSC was keen on organizing competitions that would not only discovering new talents but give the athletes enough events to helping honing their talents as well as the platform to excel internationally.
He said the introduction of the Invited Junior Athletes was one of such programs initiated by the NSC aimed at priming the young athletes for future international competitions even as he revealed that the Commission was already initiating other programs that would keep the athletes in constant competitions and exposure.
Hon. Olopade however urged the private sector to partner with the Commission towards achieving lofty heights in international sports saying they should leverage on the ability of sports to announce their product and services to the international community at no extra cost asserting that sports was a sure way of reaching billions of people without breaking a sweat.
The National Sports Commission Director General also lauded the various states at the ongoing National Sports Festival for their peaceful conduct and urged them to sustain the tempo while assuring that the games would be a memorable one that would be remembered as the best in the annals of the National Sports Festival.
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