Sports Minister tasks youths on talent development

Date: 2017-09-10

Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalong has advised youths in the country to develop their potentials in sports for them to represent the nation in future sports competitions. The minister gave the advice on Saturday in Ilorin while declaring open the third edition of the National Youths Games.

He said one of the cardinal objectives of the Millennium Development Goal was to empower the youths to achieve their dreams.

Dalong added that this was the reason why his ministry endorsed the Youths games as a driving force to achieve the set goals and stem the tide of youth restiveness.

He noted that the first edition of the game in Abuja in 2013 produced talented athletes that represented Nigeria at the 2014 Africa Youth Games in Botswana and Commonwealth Games in Samoa winning laurels for the country.

"The National Youths Games (NGY), was tailored after the African Youths Games, Commonwealth Youths Game and Youths Olympic Games which in most cases are for ages 17 and below.

"For Nigeria to effectively reap from the National Youths Games, the ages of athletes in subsequent games will not be above 15," the minister added. The minister said this year's game was expected to produce formidable athletes who would represent Nigeria at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in Argentina and the Africa Youth Games in Algier in Algeria in 2018.

"The Talent Identification Committee should ensure that the right athletes are identified during the game so that grooming of the athletes for the Youth Games in Argentina and Algeria will commence in earnest.

"Sports in Nigeria have grown and have contributed immensely to national unity and have equally brought about a stronger bidding spirit as well as detribalization of Nigeria," Lalong said.

Newsmen, report that 23 states and FCT took part in the opening ceremony and march past witnessed by the minister, the Vice Chancellor of the university of Ilorin, Prof Abdulrasheed Ambali and representatives of Governors of Kwara and Osun States. In his speech the Vice Chancellor promised to give any athletes that made the university his or her first choice and obtained the minimum qualification preference in their admission. NAN

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Moshood Mustapha     Oloriegbe     Facebook     Belgore     Emir Of Shonga     Basit Olatunji     Adaramaja     Idris Garba     Mogaji Aare     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Olayinka Olaogun     Doyin Awoyale     Abdulrauf Aliyu     IYA ALFA NLA     Tunde Akanbi     BIR     Abubakar Suleiman     Toyin Saraki     Musa Aibinu     Omu-aran     Ilorin Like-Minds     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Aliyu Salihu     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Abdulwahab Ololele     Yetunde Balogun     Olatinwo     SAPZ Project     Erin-ile     Sulu Gambari     Jaigbade Alao     Elesie Of Esie     Ileloke     Popo-Igbonna     A.E. Afolabi     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Al-Hikmah University     Amusa Bello     Aminat Ahmed     Aremu Odolaye     Peter Obi     Malete     Kuliyan Geri     Nigeria Computer Society     Balogun Gambari     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Balogin Alanamu     Bisi Oyeleke     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Sarakite     Sarkin Malamai     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Baakini     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Bahago     Obuh     Bolaji Nagode     CCEPE     Olugbense     Ibrahim Taiwo     UNIFEMGA     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Gobirawa     Abdulazeez Arowona     TETFUND     CKNG     Gamji Members Association     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Madawaki     Igbaja     Communication Network Support Services     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Dagbalodo     Principal Private Secretary    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bilikisu Gambari     National Broadcasting Commission     Woro     Ajibike Katibi     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Lanwa     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Ilorin General Hospital     John Kehinde Salako     Saad Omo\'ya     Olatunde Olukoya     April 11     Olayinka Are     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Danladi     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Trade Lenda SME Fair     GGDSS Pakata     Aro Yahaya     Idris Garuba     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ilorin Metro Park     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Lateef Fagbemi     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Shoprite     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Shade Omoniyi     AGILE Programme     Ndakene     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Isiaka Alikinla     Alaro     Bayo Ajia     Old Oyo     Baboko Primary School     Offa Metropolitan Club     Cassava Growers\' Association     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Quranic Recitation Competition     Sabitiyu Grillo     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Funmilayo Zubair     Illyasu Abdullahi     Lanre Issa Onilu     Oluwole Dupe     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Yakubu Gobir     George Funsho Adebayo     Ganiyu Taofiq     Turaki     Kamoru Kadiri     Ubandoma     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Tsaragi/Share     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Tope Daramola     Adaramaja     Alimi     Okala Baba     Mufutau Olatinwo     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     James Ayeni     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Baba Idris     Abikan     Mahe Abdulkadir     Tafidan Kaiama     IHS Towers     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Olokoba Sulyman     Local Government Pension Board     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo