Former Africa’s number 1 and World number
3 Sumo Wrestler, Emeka ’Baba Mutum’ Okeke, has expressed satisfaction with
the recent appointment of Alhassan Yakmut as the Acting Director-General of the
National Sports Commission (NSC) by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Disclosing this in Enugu
during the week, Okeke, says the coming of Yakmut will create a new height for
Nigeria sports development as he urged Nigerians to support the new
administration.
“To me, the best thing to
happen to Nigerian sports is the coming on board of Yakmut and I think it
wouldn’t have been better than now”.
“I urge Nigerians who
love the growth of sports must to support his administration. I want to assure
that those of us from Enugu will give him the needed support and even trek to Abuja
to let him know how much we appreciate his new position, once his appointment
as Director General is confirmed”. “We will do this to remind him that he
started being a sports administrator in Enugu state”.
“This is a man whose
pedigree speaks for itself because of his antecedent in sports development. It
is better days for Nigerian sports no doubt”.
Meanwhile, the Anambra-born
superstar has called on the new Director General to help improve the
development of lesser sports in the country under his reign.
He explained that for a long
time, lesser sports in the country have been treated like “orphans” which has
not showed the needed attention which sports development really needs for
positive growth.
“I’m very hopeful that under
Yakmut, lesser sports in Nigeria will get the much needed attention which we
have all craved for”.
“For sports in its entirety
to make a meaningful impact, there must be a concerted effort towards giving
what is due to the sports federation”. “I do believe that if that is done, the
sky will be the limit for the country” stated Okeke.
Until his latest
appointment, Yakmut was the Directorof Grassroots Sports in the National Sports
Commission.
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