The Director Common of the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olopade, has counseled the Lagos State Authorities for remodeling the state into a worldwide sports activities hub following its profitable internet hosting of the E1 Electrical Boat Racing Championship over the weekend.
The occasion, which befell in Lagos, marked the first-ever E1 Boat Racing Championship held in Africa, positioning the town alongside world-class locations corresponding to Monaco (France), London (United Kingdom), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), and Venice (Italy) — all of which have beforehand hosted the distinguished competitors.
Hon. Olopade described the achievement as a milestone in Nigeria’s sports activities improvement and praised the Lagos State Authorities below Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for its visionary and dynamic management.
“Lagos State is really setting the tempo and dwelling as much as its standing as Nigeria’s foremost industrial metropolis in sports activities improvement,” Olopade mentioned. “Governor Sanwo-Olu have to be counseled for his forward-thinking management and robust dedication to advancing sports activities in any respect ranges.”
He added that the state’s profitable internet hosting of the E1 Championship is the newest in a rising checklist of main worldwide sporting occasions held in Lagos this 12 months, together with the Access Bank Lagos Worldwide Marathon, the Lagos Worldwide Badminton Basic, and the ‘Chaos within the Ring’ boxing occasion.
Hon. Olopade additional emphasised that the Nationwide Sports activities Fee stays totally dedicated to supporting states throughout the federation in selling sports activities as a device for financial and social development.
“The Fee is aligned with the imaginative and prescient of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to construct a sustainable sports activities financial system,” he mentioned. “Attracting worldwide sporting occasions to Nigeria is a key a part of that mandate, and Lagos State has proven sturdy management in that route.
