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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...

As the Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu University (KHAIRUN), Kano, launches its newly constructed basketball and tennis courts, its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdulraheed Garba, has observed that sports as the fastest growing industry in the global economic circuit.  Professor Garba said sports is now a lucrative business, stressing that it it could be running in tandem with education in no distant time. According to him, sports now occupy a strategic place in the socio-economic development of nations across the world. The university authority, he noted, has keen interest in promoting sports, a situation which has culminated in its motivation of its students to develop their skills through the provision of top class sports facilities to encourage their indulgence in various sporting events aimed at to propelling them for participation in future national and international engagements. Urging the students to redouble their effort with a view to achieve their set out ob...