Sports Administration Key to Development - Gumel

 

The third Module of fifth edition of Sports Administration and Advanced Sports Management Course (ASMC) started on Tuesday November 11, 2020 at the National Olympic Committee (NOC) boardroom, National Stadium Complex, Surulere, Lagos.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) course which the NOC is partaking in, is a global sport management course put together to produce and promote excellence in sports administration.

Engineer Habu Gumel, President, Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) at the opening session told the participants to see the course as a key to national development and an opportunity to know and as well have first hand information as regards sports administration globally.

"The International Olympic Committee (IOC) through the Olympic Solidarity designed this course to provide National Olympic Committees the needed assistance to conduct administrative courses in their respective countries. This is to enhance their skills as sports administrators in their day to day activities", Gumel added.

The three day programme which is virtual and conventional, has twenty five participants in attendance with Prof. Clement Fasan and Mr. Dyagas Jonathan as certified IOC Program Directors. They are assisted by Mrs. Nyakno Oluokun, Assistant Director, National Institute for Sports and Mrs. Olanipekun Bodunrin of the Lagos State Sports Commission.

The course ends on Friday, November 13th, 2020.

OLYMPIC DAY CELEBRATION IN LAGOS.

The 2019 edition of the Olympic day celebration organized by the Nigeria Olympic Committee in collaboration with the Nigeria Sport For All Commission witnessed a large turnout as participants from all works of life joined exercise and mark the day. 

The day featured sporting events such as marathon, jogging and aerobics, demonstration by the skipping rope federation and, Tug of war to commemorate the day.

The Olympic day witnessed the participation by people of all ages and groups, and certificates were issued to participants. 

Secretary of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC),  Olabanji Oladapo described the day as a success and he is excited to see the level of participation which indicates that sport is a unifying tool for people from every tribe and religion. "in terms of participation we had increase this year, next year will be bigger as we are just using this year to measure the level of interest. We are organizing this event to promote unity, to let people know that sports doesn't discriminate"  Oladapo said. 

The Olympic Day event is not a competition to win prizes, but to serve as a reminder that sports holds a lot of promise in helping mankind to be healthy and also for everyone to come together to make the World a better place.