Nigeria Sports Arena

Youth and Sports Minister, Hon. Sunday Dare has restated the dogged posture and commitment of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to rehabilitate,  reposition and revamp our  various sporting centres for podium performances through public private partnership funding. To this end, Hon. Dare emphatically stated that the Ministry, with strong political will,  has urgently  initiated several processes that are already  under consideration with relevant Government agencies to actualise our set goals. Hon. Dare hinted on  this policy direction at the occasion of the 2020 Budget  defence of the Ministry held with the Senate Committee on Youth and Sports  at the National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zones in Abuja,  today. In the course of responding to the Senate Committee members commentaries on the parlous  state of our stadia, the League Management Company and Grassroot Sport, the Minister averred that private fu...

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare, while  speaking to the media, assured that all sports federations in the country will get the necessary attention they require. He said under his watch, all sports will get the requisite attention to fly the country's flag high at tournaments. Speaking, he said, "it is my primary duty to give all the federations attention.  Be it Badminton, Table tennis, Lawn tennis, Basketball, you name it. One thing I want to make clear is that I am not a football Minister". Speaking further, the Honourable Minister intimated that he had began  working assiduously, trying to secure private partnerships with corporate bodies who have indicated interest to join the Ministry to move sports to the next level in the country.  The Minister concluded by saying, "sports  is a lucrative business, they gain, we gain, sports in Nigeria will be the better for it".