Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed
Kwara
State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and the acting Group Managing Director
of Lubcon Limited Kalu Onwunta on Tuesday said grassroots sports
development would help identify budding sports talents, nurture and them
to become stars.
The duo also said it would assist in
reducing youth restiveness and terrorism as well as provide a pool of
sports stars that would earn foreign exchange for the country.
They spoke during a media briefing on the
10th Kwara State All Secondary Schools Football Competition organised
by Lubcon in Ilorin.
Ahmed, who was represented by the
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital
Development, Jubril Haruna, said his administration was committed to
sports development.
Onwunta called on other corporate organisations and government to invest more in sports development.
He said his company took over the
organisation of the competition since 2005 to enable teenagers in Kwara
to showcase their talents.
Onwunta said, “In the past 10 years, the
organisation of this competition has enabled the discovery of talented
footballers, some of who have moved ahead to join football clubs in the
country as well as representing Kwara State.
“Through
this scheme, employment opportunities have been created for the
numerous talents that have been discovered in the past 10 years.”
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