Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung has declared a state of emergency in sports following the lack of performance in the sector.
measures to restructure the sector. Our dismal outing at the just concluded Rio Olympics is another factor why we must reform our sports.
“Although it is not what we hoped for, yet it offered a glimmer of hope that if we put our acts together, we will achieve greater results in future Olympics. This is part of what this report is about. Having received this report from the Sports Reform Committee, we will begin the implementation by declaring a state of emergency in Nigerian sports”.
Prior to this, the sports minister had revealed he was not informed of the Nigeria Football Federation’s plans to hire a new coach for the National side, Super Eagles.
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