Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh on Tuesday inaugurated the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the 22nd National Sports Festival slated to take place in Ogun State next year.
Inaugurating the committee at the media centre inside the MKO Abiola National Stadium Complex Abuja, the minister charged members of the committee to work hard to deliver a seamless and successful games next year.
The minister who noted that delivering a successful games requires hard work however noted that with the commitment of Ogun State Government and the calibre of members of the committee, he was optimistic that the committee would surmount all the challenges to deliver a successful games.
Enoh observed that the normal practice was for the funding of the games to be shared between the Ministry of Sports and the state hosting the games.
He stated that with the National Sports Industry Policy kicking in, sports should be seen as not only recreation but business.
He observed that after 22 editions, the National Sports Games has become a brand capable of attracting corporate sponsorship.
The minister therefore encouraged the committee to package the games in such a way to make it attractive for the private sector to sponsor.
He described sports as a multi billion business adding that if private sector driven sports industry could work in other climes, there is no reason it should not work in Nigeria.
Senator Owan Enoh appealed to the private sector and corporate organizations to support sports development in the country.
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