.SundayDareSD bags NOC’s ‘outstanding minister’ award | TheCable
Dare receives NOC's ‘Outstanding Youth and Sports Minister Award’Sunday Dare, minister of sports and youth development, on Thursday, received an award for his “contributions to sports development in Nigeria and the Olympic movement.”
At the occasion, Gumel highlighted what he described as Dare’s “numerous and outstanding achievements” that include the emergence of the “National Sports Industry Policy , Adopt initiative, revamping of the Nigeria Professional Football League , payment of monthly stipends to the families of departed sports icons as well as providing financial support to ailing former and active athletes.”
“I salute the resilience of the sports federations, their sacrifices and work in developing sports in Nigeria deserve commendation. In spite of all the challenges of funding, they still turned up for international competitions thereby giving the athletes the needed exposure and training required to compete at the elite level and you all know that without these athletes, nothing is possible in sports, there will be no achievements,” he said.
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