House Committee Promises To Support Sports Ministry On Funding

House Committee Promises To Support Sports Ministry On Funding

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Chairman House Committee on Sports Olumide Osoba has promised on behalf of his Committee to do everything possible to help raise funds for the Ministry of Youths and Sports to be able to meet up with the various programs and rehabilitation of structures and facilities that are already dilapidated in Nigeria stadia across the country.

Hon. Osoba made this pledge when he led members of his committee on oversight function to inspect the facilities at the Moshood Abiola Stadium yesterday.

He also solicited for support from the private sector and declared that the government are strained because of many programs and projects from other areas of need it has to deliver on.
“The 2020 budget has already been made and budgetary allocations have been made too. We will as a Committee look through the allocation and see where we can actually help out in providing more funds to be able to maintain our monuments at our stadia around the country.
“A lot of money was spent to actually put this place (Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja) up and I believe we need to involve the private sector.
“The government is already strained and the private sector needs to come in and support the government. Through the private sector we can concession some parts of the stadia where funds can be generated. That is the way to go forward”, Hon Osoba advised.