Stop Focusing On Football Alone - Ex- Squash Player Tells FG, Makinde

  Stop Focusing On Football Alone - Ex- Squash Player Tells Buhari, Makinde By Admin A former under-16 Squash national player, Mr. Niyi Oyewunmi has urged the federal government, state and local governments to stop focusing its attention on football alone. Oyewunmi made this appeal in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital while speaking at a press conference to herald the Dele-Oladejo South West Open Squash Championship/Tournament. Oyewunmi who is the coordinator of the tournament, appealed to the federal government under the leadership of President Muhamadu Buhari, state and local governments to extend their attention to other areas of sports so as to encourage those who are interested in the games. He specifically appealed to Oyo State government under the leadership of Engineer Seyi Makinde to divert its attention to other areas of sports in order to encourage people who are interested in other areas of sports apart from football. Oyewunmi said, "My appeal to Oyo State government is that they should develop other areas of sports. The attention is too much on football. "In Nigeria, government at the federal, state and local governments are focusing on football. "I want to use the opportunity to call federal government and State governments to extend the attention to other areas of sports like Squash. They should extend the attention to other areas such as Squash and other areas of sports. "It will help us to develop other areas of sports. Sponsor of the tournament, Dr. Emmanuel Dele-Oladejo in his address, noted that the motive behind the tournament is to serve as a clarion call to develop productive youths. He added that he decided to sponsor the tournament in a bid to add value to other areas of sports. "This Squash Championship is meant to serve as a clarion call to all that is concerned to develop productive youth engagement strategies needed to contain and channel their inherent exuberance towards adding positive value to our society. "This concept is predicated on the mental and physical smartness required to succeed in the game of Squash."