- Dare adjudged best performing minister
By Hillary Asemota
The Sports Minister, Sunday Dare is full of commendation for the Nigerian athletes to the just concluded African U18/20 Athletics Championship in Zambia.
The athletes won 17 gold, 10 silver and 9 bronze medals to finish in second place on the medal table behind South Africa.
Nigeria competed at the Meet with 41 athletes while South Africa presented over a hundred athletes for the competition.
The Minister told the athletes to stay focused and disciplined, and to continue to pay attention to their careers so that opportunities to represent the country in bigger competitions can come their way.
Nigeria’s second place finish in Zambia is an improvement on her third-place finish at the previous edition of the championship held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
Dare is Best Performing Minister of the Year
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare has been awarded the Best Performing Minister Award.
Dare, received the award at the Nigeria Sports Governor Merit Award and Nigeria Philanthropist Merit Award held at the Shehu Yar’ Adua Centre, Abuja on Wednesday.
Represented at the event, by his Special Assistant on Policy, Mr. Bamiduro Olumide, the Minister thanked the organisers of the Awards for the recognition given him.
According to him, “this award and the other awards I have received are some of the evidences of the commitment of the Buhari administration to the growth of the Youth and Sports sector.
“I am grateful for the opportunity given me to serve and make impact in the lives of our youth.”
Since his assumption of office in August 2019, Dare has introduced numerous programmes, initiatives and policies that have positively impacted the youth and sports sector in the country and led to successes in international competitions.
Other recipients of awards at the event include the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his wife, Betsy Obaseki, the Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shuaibu, the President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee(NOC), Engr. Habu Gumel, the Director General of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), General Buba Marwa(retd), former Director General of the Nigeria Television Authority(NTA), Alhaji Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Engineer Musa Nimrod, Sports philanthropist, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and the President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali among others.
