Following his victory in the 2023 Presidential Elections held on Saturday, some keen sports fans in Nigeria have advised President-elect Bola Tinubu to ensure capable hands administer sports during his tenure, according to The PUNCH.Information Guide Nigeria
Tinubu, who ran under the banner of the All Progressives Congress, was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission after receiving 8,794,726 votes, ahead of the People’s Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party’s Rabiu Kwankwaso.
With Tinubu’s inauguration as President still a few months away, sports administrators and journalists across the country are already investigating the former Lagos State Governor’s action plan for the sector.
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In his manifesto titled ‘Renewed Hope 2023’, Tinubu’s plan for sports development was weaved around training, athletes funding, sports as business and tool for national unity.NYSC Portal
“We will unleash the potential and talent of our youth in different sports through a dynamic training and funding approach that will upgrade the standard of our sports development. The return of school sports and grassroots sports will be made the cornerstone of our sports development policy.
“Towards achieving a coordinated sports development programme, we will create an enabling environment for sports to thrive as a business. The New National Sports Industry Policy will be fully implemented. Incentives will be provided to attract private sector investments and participation in sports infrastructural development,” the manifesto read in part.JAMB Result
Retired sprinter and Olympic bronze medallist Deji Aliu stated, “For the incoming President to develop sports in Nigeria, the first step is to put technocrats and professionals with knowledge of sports who are very passionate about sports and not politicians and then provide all the necessary support they need to grow sports.
“If we have administrators that are passionate about sports, they will know what it means for an athlete to devote his time to represent his or her country. A passionate person will make sure that his priority is the athletes and sportsmen. If we have people like that in the system, that will help transform the sports sector.
“Then he should focus on fixing and upgrading all the stadiums in the country to the standard that is obtained outside the country.”
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