Nigeria’s Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) has stepped up its efforts to make sure that the nation hosts some worldwide occasions this yr, with extra consideration coming for upkeep of infrastructure, Sports247 experiences.
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An assurance on this regard was offered by the NSC’s director-general, Honourable Bukola Olopade, who admitted that additional impetus should be given to set up, renovation and upkeep of Nigeria’s sports activities amenities.
The deeply amiable ‘DG’ admitted that he was impressed with the high-quality amenities on provide in Morocco in the course of the current Africa Cup of Nations and believes the identical might be finished in Nigeria.
With the nation nonetheless hoping to host the Commonwealth Video games in addition to AFCON 2028, and different occasions already confirmed for this yr, Olopade acknowledged the necessity for amenities of higher commonplace throughout the federation.
“We now have stated that the productive angle of sports activities should be seen from the prism of us having the ability to entice main occasions of worldwide nature.
“It merely means the difficulty of infrastructure that individuals have been harping on needs to be confronted. We now have to be aggressive about it,” Olopade conceded.
He concluded with an affirmation that placing Nigeria’s amenities in higher form won’t solely encourage extra folks to become involved in sports activities, however it might additionally increase the nation’s picture.
“So, from the perspective of the NSC and the nation as an entire, we should exit now and repair our amenities – not just for soccer, however in all different sports activities as effectively,” Olopade submitted.
