NSC TO RE - INTRODUCE SCHOOL SPORTS IN THE COUNTRY. ..... Calls For Involvement Of Corporate and Private Organizations

Prince Ezelekhae Ewuare, the Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom, presenting a gift from Benin Kingdom to the Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko during his courtesy visit to the Chairman in his office on Thursday, 28th November, 2024

"Reintroduction of school sports is one of the plans of the commission towards encouraging the youths to meaningfully engage in sporting activities while at the same time pursuing and advancing their educational career". Dikko.

Corporate and Private Organizations in the country have been urged to synergise with the National Sports Commission, NSC as it works towards the reintroduction of school sports aimed at achieving grassroots sports development in the country.

Making this call is the Chairman of the Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko in Abuja  on Thursday when he received in audience the Crown Prince of Edo Kingdom, Prince  Ezelekhae Ewuare who was on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja.

Prince Ezelekhae Ewuare (l) and the NSC Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko 

During his address to his guest, Dikko emphasized that it is about time people get involved in the development of sports in the country, most especially at the grassroot level, as this will go a long way in curbing the menace of youth restiveness and other similar vices, particularly at this critical period when the administration is trying to overcome the security challenges bedeviling the country. 

"Reintroduction of school sports is one of the plans of the commission towards encouraging the youths to meaningfully engage in sporting activities while at the same time pursuing and advancing their educational career," he stated.

Dikko noted that many of the youths are not engaged and therefore, nothing to look up to. This he said has caused a lot of frustrations among them, observing that if they have a platform like a gymnasium or sport centers, they can easily engage themselves and make a career out of it, leading to the realisation of their ambitions. "This will go a long way in taking a lot of them off the street." 

Dikko commended the Prince for coming up with the laudable initiative of collaborating with the Commission on grassroots sports project, adding that if more people are doing what the Prince is doing across the country, many of our youths will have a bright future, and evil vices will go away. 

"We will try to promote as much as possible what you are doing, because this will inspire people of like minds to get involved so that collectively, we can provide a framework and platform they can leverage on, to realise their sporting ambitions", he stressed. 

Earlier in his remarks, Prince Ezelekhae intimated the Chairman on his grassroots sports development project, aimed at encouraging the youths to engage in Sports with a view to keeping them busy thereby taking them off the streets.

Prince Ezelekhae revealed that he has about seven gymnasiums where most sports men and women come to train, and urged the commission to collaborate with him and expand it to be able to accommodate more sporting activities.

This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Mrs. Kehinde Ajayi, Director Information and Public Relations of the NSC and made available to journalists on Friday.