The National Sports commission,NSC is set to give a new  vista to sports development in all states of the country, even as 5 outstanding athletes at the last national sports festival are to be sponsored to the London 2012 Olympics games.

According to the Director of the National sports  commission  Dr Patrick Ekeji, ‘The National Sports  commission is determined to effect the bottom’s up  approach to sports development. We are committed to re-awakening nigeria’s great sports potentials through  grassroots development.

We are therefore encouraging the  states and all local government councils to support NSC’s  transformation agenda through the discovery and nurturing
of  young, budding talents. We cannot expect genuine  development without soliciting and mobilizing the support of   all stakeholders”.

Ekeji insists that ‘ Nigeria is a giant in sports, but it  can only attain full potentials if we create an enabling  environment for sports to thrive.

We are encouraging all  states, from the local government to identify their areas of  strength and develop in that direction. As the supervising  ministry, we not only provide facilities, but monitor the  nurturing of discovered athletes.