The 19th National Sports Festival has been officially withdrawn from Cross River state.
The decision was taken at the National Council on Sports meeting which ended on Thursday at the General Hassan Katsina House, Kaduna.
A voting process was thrown open on the floor of the
meeting by the Chairman of the meeting and Minister of Youth and Sports
Barrister Solomon Dalung, with state Commissioners of sports, Directors
of sports, Chairmen of state sports councils, sports policy facilitators
and other representatives in the sports sector.
Having postponed the 19th National Sports Festival for 6
years, the Council resolved that the continued delay of the hosting of
the Festival was detrimental to the growth of Sports in Nigeria and
therefore withdrew the hosting rights from Cross River State while the
Federal government will hold the 2018 edition in Abuja in November.
The Council also approved the reduction of the age of
athletes eligible to participate in the National Youth Games and adopted
15 years as upper limit of age for participants while overaged
athletes, their erring coaches and states will be disqualified and fined
the sum of N250,000 per disqualified athlete.
The council also adopted a presentation to National Council
on Establishment on Lateral Conversion of Coaches to enable them to
progress in their cadres
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports was also directed
to embellish the draft Implementation Guidelines for the National Sports
Policy and circulate to members for inputs while the revised National
Sports Policy for 2018 was also approved by the National Council on
Sports and will be reviewed every 4 years.
NSF WITHDRAWN FROM CROSS RIVER STATE AS NATIONAL SPORTS COUNCIL MEETING ENDS IN KADUNA
The 19th National Sports Festival has been officially withdrawn from Cross River state.
The decision was taken at the National Council on Sports meeting which ended on Thursday at the General Hassan Katsina House, Kaduna.
A voting process was thrown open on the floor of the
meeting by the Chairman of the meeting and Minister of Youth and Sports
Barrister Solomon Dalung, with state Commissioners of sports, Directors
of sports, Chairmen of state sports councils, sports policy facilitators
and other representatives in the sports sector.
Having postponed the 19th National Sports Festival for 6
years, the Council resolved that the continued delay of the hosting of
the Festival was detrimental to the growth of Sports in Nigeria and
therefore withdrew the hosting rights from Cross River State while the
Federal government will hold the 2018 edition in Abuja in November.
The Council also approved the reduction of the age of
athletes eligible to participate in the National Youth Games and adopted
15 years as upper limit of age for participants while overaged
athletes, their erring coaches and states will be disqualified and fined
the sum of N250,000 per disqualified athlete.
The council also adopted a presentation to National Council
on Establishment on Lateral Conversion of Coaches to enable them to
progress in their cadres
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports was also directed
to embellish the draft Implementation Guidelines for the National Sports
Policy and circulate to members for inputs while the revised National
Sports Policy for 2018 was also approved by the National Council on
Sports and will be reviewed every 4 years.
NNEKA IKEM ANIBEZE
SA MEDIA
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