Don’t use football to judge us – Ekeji
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According to the former Green Eagles defender, the use of success or failure in football alone as a yard stick is not a fair and accurate assessment of the performance in sports administration as football is only one out of many sports under the National Sports Commission.
He explained that part of the challenges in sports development in the country is the problem of continuity as frequent changes in the political leadership often times come with changes in policy thrust and programmes implementation.
He therefore consequently, he said success should be measured by the quality of the ongoing reforms in sports development put in place by the National Sports Commission to achieve long term results.
The recent changes in the Commission, which include the deployment of very senior sports officers in the directorate cadre to the zones and the implementation of the concept of the elite athletes programmes are geared towards achieving long term goals.
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Don’t use football to judge us – Ekeji
Category: Sports Written by Orkula Shaagee Hits: 418
Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Chief Patrick Ekeji, has said that Nigerians should not use the performance of the national football teams at international competitions to judge the country’s sports sector. Ekeji, who stated this on Aso Radio FM, Abuja live discussion programme “Talk Back”, also noted that the success in sports administration encompasses the ability to create value for sports development in its entirety.According to the former Green Eagles defender, the use of success or failure in football alone as a yard stick is not a fair and accurate assessment of the performance in sports administration as football is only one out of many sports under the National Sports Commission.
He explained that part of the challenges in sports development in the country is the problem of continuity as frequent changes in the political leadership often times come with changes in policy thrust and programmes implementation.
He therefore consequently, he said success should be measured by the quality of the ongoing reforms in sports development put in place by the National Sports Commission to achieve long term results.
The recent changes in the Commission, which include the deployment of very senior sports officers in the directorate cadre to the zones and the implementation of the concept of the elite athletes programmes are geared towards achieving long term goals.