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Kano, Nov. 4, 2016(NAN) The Chairman, Kano State Sports Commission, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, said the State Government had concluded plans to construct three modern stadia outside kano metropolis to enhance sports development.
Galadima disclosed this on Friday while receiving executives of 44 Local Governments Sports Officers Forum in his office.
He said that the project would reduce over utilisation of the stadium in Kano, the state capital, and give opportunity to youths in the rural areas to show case their talents in sports.
The chairman said the state government was determined to develop all sporting activities in the state.
He said that government was also willing to encourage talented youths to participate actively in sporting activities.
Galadima said that the state government would reintroduce sports festival in order to engage the youths and discover new talents in the state.
“The sports festival which was suspended for some years would be reintroduced to discover new talents and develop grassroot sports in the state,” he said.
The chairman expressed dismay on how sports sector was always being neglected at the local governments level, despite its significance in promoting unity and creating job opportunities among the youths.
He said by 2017 the festival would hold at the three Senatorial Zones in the state and the final matches would be played in the state Capital.
Galadima said the commission was planning to organise inter local government competitions in four sporting events in the first quarter of 2017 with the sole aim of scouting talents among the youths.
The chairman also charged the forum to wake up in discharging their primary assignments by strengthening their efforts in organising mini competitions in their council areas.
Earlier, the chairman of the forum, Alhaji Abdulhamid Maidoki, said they were in his office to intimate him of their challenges in discharging their duties which includes lack of training and non availability of sporting facilities in their areas.
Maidoki then urged the commission to revive the inter local government competitions in the state.(NAN)
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Edited by Tola Okinbaloye/Felix Ajide
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