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Minister Inaugurates Implementation Committee To Restore Surulere National Stadium Glory

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4 years ago

August 11, 2020

Joel Ajayi

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has charged the Implementation Committee of the Report of the Ministerial Taskforce on National Stadium Surulere, Lagos to carry out their assignment with dispatch, even as he assured that the edifice would be restored to its original blueprint.

Minister made this assertion while presiding over the inaugural meeting of the Ministerial Implementation Committee on Monday.

He said the Ministry had begun a journey to restore the monument to its original glory.

“The committee’s role is to ensure delivery of the facilities at the stadium in line with the new vision of the Ministry on the comprehensive audit at the National Stadium, Surulere. This is a monument of national pride that had suffered neglect for over 18 years due to limited resources. We have seen a departure from its original blueprint to a point in which you could hardly recognize the National Stadium Surulere as a sporting facility’’.

He recalled that on 9th June 2020, he had set up a Ministerial Taskforce on the National Stadium Surulere to verify and screen the legality or otherwise of the occupants.

According to him, ‘’The National Stadium is a Federal Government property and therefore no private or individual structure should find its way there without the approval of the Federal government of Nigeria and the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, cleared from the office of the Minister. Any of such structures that fall short of these two major approvals is in contravention and as such remains illegal’’.

The Minister expressed confidence in the committee headed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Gabriel Aduda, and other seasoned Sports administrators and experienced individuals from the Ministry and the organized private sector to carry out the task of restoring the National Stadium Surulere to its original blueprint

Responding on behalf of the Committee, the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Gabriel Aduda while thanking the Minister for the opportunity to serve, assured that the Committee would deliver on its mandate/terms of reference within the time frame.

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CSO Salutes Trump

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2 weeks ago

January 20, 2025

The Gleamer

A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.

Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.

He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.

“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.

“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.

The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.

He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.

According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.

Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.

Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening

About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.

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