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NSC Chairman Dikko, DG Charged to Stop Globetrotting, Sit at Home, Work for Nigeria's Sports

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One of Nigeria's sports entrepreneur and Chairman and Board of Trustees of Athletics and Other Sports Development Initiative Hon. Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe has Charged the Chairman of National Sports Commission (NSC) Mallam Shehu Dikko and Director General Hon. Bukola Olopade to sit down and pay more attention to assignments in Nigeria's Sports. He further emphasied that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not appoint them to be globetrotting the whole world, as facts have it that since their appointment, both Mallam Shehu and his DG Olopade have traveled outside Nigeria 12 times  as spectators and had never signed any sports deal based on  the e-sports economy agenda of Mr. President. In a press statement on Thursday and  made available to Journalists in Abuja, Gombe said, "The most embarrassing was when I saw the NSC Chairman travelling to one of the African countries to serve as CAF match Commissioner." According to him, "If Dikko wants to keep function...

Nigeria set to establish new sports management board- Dikko

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```By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The chairman National Sports Commission, NSC Shehu Dikko has revealed that the commission has set in motion the process to establish Nigeria’s first Sports Infrastructure Development Management Board. Dikko in a television chat titled Reshaping Democracy aired on NTA, last Tuesday disclosed that the moves to create the new board is as a result of the efforts to revive the decaying state of sports infrastructure in Nigeria. He added that the creation of the planned board is targeted at refocusing Nigerian sports from sole reliant on taking part in competition only to productivity levels. The NSC boss explained that the plan is to reposition the sector to enable it contribute to the national GDP through the concession and licensing of sports facilities to boost revenue generation. He then disclosed that plans are underway to construct one new stadiums in the six geographical zones. He added that , MKO stadium Abuja would be used to kic...