Only Sports Industry Can Move Nigeria Out Of Recession – Dalung

Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has said that the only ministry that has the capacity to move Nigeria out of the current recession, is the sports ministry.

The minister who said this when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai at his office in Abuja, said that if money was invested in sports, it would take may youths off the streets.

“Sport remains the only industry that can move Nigeria out of recession. It is only in sports that you can enumerate about five to six benefits that are very key to National development.

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“Sports provide valuable employment today. It is a foreign exchange earner and can also help build a tourism base” he said.

The minister said that sports development in Nigeria had been sustained by the country’s military and the paramilitary organs.

According to him, the number of great athletes, who have competed internationally and made Nigeria proud through the numerous medals they won over the years could be traced to the military.

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