Former Director-General of the National Sports Commission Mallam Alhassan Yakmut has said Nigeria’s greatest challenge in the quest for podium success in sports was lack of sustainability of grassroots programming system.
He made this known during his keynote address at the one-day Lecture Series organised in honour of late sports journalist, Olajide Fashikun by Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), FCT chapter held at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Monday.
He said grassroots programming system like school sports stick and succeed are not readily available, and called for collaboration among the relevant agencies for the development sports at the grassroots. Read more