By Goodluck Ikiebe.
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will today sign a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU)with the Delta State Government on next year’s 21st National Sports Festival.
The Minister, Sunday Dare, the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Ismail Abubakar and some top directors of the Ministry will be joined by the Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, the chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Honourable Tonobok Okowa at the event.
A statement by Director, Press and Public Relations in the Sports Ministry, Mohammed Manga, says this signing of the MoU will highlight the National Council on Sports meeting holding in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
“Commissioners of Sports, heads of State Sports Commissions and Councils, national sports federations, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development as well as the Nigeria Olympic and Paralympic Committees will be in attendance at this meeting, making it the highest decision making event for sports in the country” it noted.
Delta State is expected to brief the National Council on Sports on the state of its readiness and preparations for the National Sports Festival.
They will also formally announce the date for the games while the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will introduce the newly established departments in the Ministry.
In another development, the Sports and Youth Minister, Mr Sunday Dare, says
the opportunities offered in the area of entrepreneurship if taken up by the youth will reduce the level of unemployment in the country.
Dare stated this on Sunday in Lagos when he attended the concluding segment of the Next Titan Reality TV show where the most promising entrepreneur went home with a whopping N15million amongst other business development incentives.
The Honourable Minister during his speech encouraged all participants, stating that sometimes it’s not about being the winner but the experience and knowledge gained while taking part in such a venture.
He expressed his gladness about the crop of entrepreneurs the show has continued to produce and informed the organisers of the Federal Ministry’s continuous and unwavering support.
Mr Sunday Dare urged all young persons to apply for Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) when the portal reopens next year as up to 1000 young persons that took part in the Next Titan show this year will soon receive NYIF payments as a boost to the businesses they were bold enough to showcase during the duration of the show .
The Next Titan is an annual reality TV show dedicated to the development of young entrepreneurs in Nigeria. It highlights the benefits of SME Growth and how investment and collaboration is the centre of individual and national development.
