Ekiti Govt. assures of sports development, nurturing of champions — Sport — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

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The Ekiti Government has assured of its commitment to sports development and to identify and nurture athletes in the state to become national and international champions.

The Technical Adviser to the Governor on Sports Development, Dr. Olusola Osetoba, gave the assurance during a roundtable meeting with members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in Ekiti state.

Osetoba said that Gov. Biodun Oyebanji since assumption of office two years ago had achieved much in sports including the upgrade of the Sports Council to a Commission.

Other achievements listed included introduction of payment of stipends to athletes and employment of coaches and technical officials.

The adviser said that some of the measures taken by the government was to prevent poaching of its athletes by other state.

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She further said that the government had…



Source: Guardian Newspaper