Grassroot Sports Development: Towards the Rejuvenation of School Sports in Nigeria

The 2018 National Sports Policy (NSP) draft clearly articulates the vision and direction of the Federal Government (FG) on sports development particularly on grassroots sports. National Council on Sports (NCS), the highest policy making body will have to meet to ratify the policy. The Federal Government’s vision is to “develop the sports sector to a world class level, taking into cognizance sports for all, amateur and professional sports by providing programs and facilities that encourage stakeholders to perform at their best in pursuit of excellence, while benchmarking with best practices for continual development.”

An Aberrant Democracy

What exactly is democracy?

Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία dēmokratía, literally "rule by people") is a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. ... In a representative democracy the citizens elect representatives from among themselves. These representatives meet to form a governing body, such as a legislature.

The Development of a Society is not for Charlatans

For a society to develop (in all aspects and areas of human endeavour – technology, agriculture, governance, industrial, infrastructure, communication, transportation, sports, youth development, labour and employment, human and natural resources utilisation, etc.), there must be elements of complete sincerity, altruism, commitment, willingness and will-power, cooperation, diversification, tolerance, unalloyed patriotism and love for each of the component peoples  and for the country.