By Akeem Lawal
The newly inaugurated boards
of sports associations in Lagos State have been charged to focus on the
development of sports from grassroot.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that the boards of 40 sports
associations in Lagos State and their media attaché were inaugurated at the
Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere on
Monday.
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| Weightlifting board members |
Executive Chairman Lagos
State Sports Commission, Dr. Kweku Adedayo Tandoh urged them to build on the
sports development template laid down by the past administrations.
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| Karate board members |
“The templates of sports
development are already there. We are handling it over to you (new boards) to
go down to the grassroot level, community clubs, schools and begin to develop
sports in your own various area. There are three levels when we talk about
grassroot development. The first one is creating awareness for the sport, the
second is talent identification and the third is nurturing those identified and
possibly nurturing them from that level to podium level. Those are the
responsibilities of the sports association.
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| Table Tennis board members |
“The inauguration for us
marked the new step, a new direction in putting everything in place in terms of
the frame work for sports development and sports administration in Lagos State.
It is a vital aspect because now we have people that have come in with new
ideas, new vision, new direction and so you will be able to see fluid motion in
the various sports rather than everything coming from the sports commission
alone as it has been in the last year or so.
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| Rugby board members |
"We expect that things will be
moving faster, expect the pace of development in the state to move forward in
terms of sports and at the end of the day Nigeria will be the biggest
beneficiary.”
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| Swimming board members |
In his address, the Director
General of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr. Babatunde Bank-Anthony urged new
Boards to reach out to corporate world in injecting funds into their various
associations.
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| Basketball board members |
"While the Government
is pleased to take the lead role in support of sports, I wish to encourage you
all to engage Corporate Nigeria in your efforts to promote your sport. Sports
all over the world is private sector driven, and as Lagos is the commercial
nerve centre of West Africa, we expect to leverage on this and successfully
incorporate the private sector into sports.”
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| Golf board members |
While congratulating the new
leadership of the sports association, Head of Service (HOS), Lagos State, Mrs. Folashade
Sidikatu Adesoye (FCA) express optimism in the board taking sports in the state
to another level.
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| Taekwondo board members |
“My joy is not only because
of the giant strides being made by the leadership of this State Sports
Commission which will not surprise anyone given the caliber of the commission
members in terms of experience but also giving the potential of sports to
return our dear country to be part of international recognition and greatness
ones again. It is therefore against this backdrop that I wish to congratulate
the new leadership of the state sports associations.
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| Cricket board members |
“In a state that the its
population is above 20 million, I am very sure that the enormity of the
responsibilities you have accepted today as well as the very high expectation
of medal-hungry Lagosians are not just for you. However I have been well
assured that you are all eminently qualified to discharge the duties and
responsibilities involved in this enormous task,” Adesoye said.
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| Kick boxing board members |
The Associations whose
Boards and media attaché were inaugurated are Athletics, Badminton, Baseball,
Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Chess and Darts.
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| Shooting board members |
Other are Fives, Football,
Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Karate, Kick-boxing, Kung fu, Para Soccer,
Para Sports, Tennis, Rugby, Rowing and Yachting, Scrabble and Shooting, Squash,
Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tug of War, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Volleyball, Golf, Deaf Sports, Traditional
Sports, Triathlon, Archery and Sports Medicine.
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| Tennis board members |
The inauguration ceremony
also witnessed presentation of awards to some past chairmen of some sports
associations.
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