Council Boss Are Killing Grassroot Sports, Says Supervisors For Agricluture.

A group of Lagos State Supervisor for Agriculture, Youth, Sports and Social Development has called on the state's House of Assembly to make a policy that would make them live up to expectations as officer in charge of sports at their respective Local Governments.

The Council's Supervisros for Agriculture, Youth, Sports and Social Development made their plight known to the Hose Committee Chairman on Sports, Honourable Babatunde Ayeni, in a meeting which took place yesterday.

The Council's Supervisors complained that some of the council's Chairmen are difficult to deal with especially on grassroot sports as they do not have keen interest on sports development, thus concentrating their efforts on other matters.

They informed the House Committee Chairman of Sports, that some Council Chairmen had authourised Council's Special Advisers to over see sporting activities at the council at the expense of the, thus creating problems for the Supervisors for Agriculture, Youth, Sports and Social development.

They also explained that the council chairmen ignored their proposals to stage series of sporting activities, stressing that the some of the Chairmen delibrately decided not ot register for the forthcoming Lagos MTN Street Soccer Championship.

While speaking, Babatunde Ayeni assured that he would meet with the commissioner for Sports, Ademola Adeniji- Adele, the State's Sports Council Chairman, Agboola Dabiri and other prominent personalities in sports to find a lasting solution to their requests.

He encouraged them not to relent in their quest to promote grassroot sports at their respective communities as plans are in top gear to review the sports policy in Lagos State.