Stakeholders Calls for Talent Hunt, Sponsors to Develop Sports
By Adamu IMAM Bauchi
Stakeholders meeting preparatory to the forthcoming 2024 state sports festival end with renew vigour for the state government to improve the entire sports architecture through talent hunt of players at the grassroots level, and in the area of human capital development, sponsorship, as well as private sector investments as a hole
the sports administrators who graced the closing ceremony spokes extensively on how to move the Bauchi state forward through sporting activities in terms of financial support active participatory and encouragement as wel
The Head of civil service Alhaji Yahuza Haruna Ningi as chairman of the closing stakeholders meeting urged all participants across the twenty local council to make a case and be ready contribute immensely from their end after the refresher course and be prepared for the festival ahead
I creve your indulgence to move the spots forward in Bauchi state "today history mandated on us to always remember with nostalgia with some Football clubs that make sports part and percil of the people in their blood"
"I want to urge state sports administration to think along the line to improve sports activities beyond the state in order to excel across the country"
Haruna Bako a former sports director state sports council says the main aim of the gathering is to nurture the young sports directors in the local government ares,
"you are the masters in your areas, but this is what we have been discussing, problems and development of sports" while lamenting he said "we are not taking advantage of sports activities to thrive" he said
Adding that, political parties hardly see them with sports development in their plan, so there is a need to have a constitutional amendment, if not we continue to have problems in sports in the entire country" he emphasized
"I advice commissioner to meet others and talk about how the sports development would be mention clearly in the Nigerian constitution for the country to develop in sports generally
Sports has been relagated especially in some secondary and primary schools this is negating the education system in sports curriculum
He noted that, lack of utilization of sports facilities, in the state is a problems because is being underutilized and lack enumerations are the also a major challenge
In his remark, the state football association chairman FA Pascal Patrick dwell much in the area of sponsorship and mentoring sports administrators and teaming and managing the athletes from the grassroots, especially the area of structure is very key and important, it is a duty of government to give a good structure to thrive, in sports
"We are equally here to fine the solution to some of our sports problems, if we can go back to the structure we most go back to grassroots also to develop in there"
He emphasized that the state government should improve holistically in the area of sponsors because that's the trend to achieve results everywhere in sports activities.
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