By Valentine Amanze
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Sunday Dare, has expressed delight over the vision of the Imo State government for sports development.
He also disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Sports would be adopting the model at the federal level.
His words: “I will be canvassing the model in all the other states of the federation as a strategy for developing sports at the grassroots.”
The minister spoke as a Special Guest at the opening ceremony of the Imo State Sport Summit at the Imo Concorde Hotel Owerri.
Dare also lamented the level of rot he saw in Imo Sports facilities while being conducted on a facility tour of the stadia during the visit.
He, however, expressed excitement over the vision and determination of the state government to change the narrative.
Besides, Dare congratulated Imo State government for what it put in place to restore the glorious days of sports in the state.
He expressed admiration for the Imo model of having every local government build a mini-stadium or upgrade existing one and said that the ministry was adopting the model as a strategy for restoring the fortunes of sports from the grassroots to the federal level. He also hoped that the new slogan for Imo would change to “Imo: Home of Sports.”
