Osun State To Stage Sports Festivals ln August- Yemi Lawal
The state of Osun through the Ministry of Youth and Sports have successfully received the nod from Osun State governor Mr. Gboyega Oyetola to stage its state version of sports festival.
The Honorable Commissioner for Youth and Sports in the state, Honorable Yemi Lawal made this known today while featuring on the SWAN Monthly Stakeholders Forum.
He noted that, preparations will be climax in June this year for proper and hitch free festival.
While breafing Sports Writers on the state of facility on ground for the project, the energetic commissioner informed that much have been done in the area of facilities identification because about three thousand athletes would participate about one hundred participants from each local government.
"l have been to Obafemi Awolowo University Sports Complex, Olasore International School Sports Pitch, same goes to Redeemers University. I believe various tourney would be staged in those institutions.
"We can't wait till everything is set, Osun State can't be compared to its neighboring states in terms of financial vibrancy and resources.
"We have a lot of gap but we can still make use of the ones available. The festival would be taken to grassroots and talented Osun indegenes would be discovered, nurture to stardom and finally expose them to both local and international competitions."
The commissioner further revealed that plans are on top gear to stage Principal's Cup and Headmaster's Cup to facilitate the process of harvesting talents from grassroots. He solicits for grassroots developments for there's a million and one talents out there.
"We need to discover more talents in case anyone leaves we won't feel the space and suffer. Spots business is what we are looking at because of revenues that could sustain the entire state could be tapped from this sector if it's done properly," concluded the honorable commissioner who assumed office on 24th October 2019.
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