By JudeAgbeyeke
The President of the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation, Dr. Sunny Are has averred that the sport would make a return to the National Sports Festival in Enugu as the federation was already working on modalities to ensure that what led to the sport not being included in the ongoing National Sports Festival in Ogun State did not repeat itself.
Dr. Are in interview with journalists covering the games in Abeokuta said that Rugby was initially listed among the sports that would be contested for at the games but due to discordant tunes from some quarters the sport was delisted.
The former Director sports development in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development now National Sports Commission said that though the exclusion of Rugby was not a welcomed development to the body, it was already working to put the game back in the schedule for the 23RD National Sports Festival in Enugu saying the sport was already becoming the rave among Nigerians youths and it would be disheartening for the sport not to included in subsequent National Sports meets.
Dr. Are who is also a member of the Main Organizing Committee of the ongoing National Sports Festival tagged Gateway Games Ogun 2024 lauded the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun for the quality of infrastructure provided for the biennial sports fiesta saying that the facilities would enhance the performances of the athletes at the games and beyond.
He said the facilities was in tandem with the aspirations of the National Sports Commission led by Mallam Shehu Dikko to reinvigorate the nations sports industry stressing that there was need for other states to emulate the Ogun State Governor by providing such facilities in their various states.
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