Speaking on Thursday in Lagos, the NSC boss, who lauded the efforts made so far by Lagos State to host a befitting festival, while charging other states to embrace grassroots sports development for the country to produce new crops of world stars in sports.
“We will soon commence the review of eligibility of athletes for the festival and because the games is a biannual event, we will also be organising U-17 Youth Games before the next festival so that athletes discovered at the games can be integrated into the main festival,” he said.
He however, charged states to complement NSC’s efforts by developing sports at grassroots level especially by constructing sports facilities in local councils across the state.
Delivering a paper on the topic: “Raising the Profile of Sports in Nigeria Through Mutual Understanding and Collaboration, NSC’s Director, Alhassan Yakmut said it became necessary for all the stakeholders to work together for sports to thrive in the country.
Specifically, Yakmut lamented the incessant rancour bedeviling sports in the country, while the setting up of parallel bodies has done more harm that helping to develop sports.
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