Sports
Football Academies to be regulated- Minister

Minister of Youth and sports Development Mr Sunday Dare has assured that a new Sports Industry Policy will soon be approved with Sports Academies playing key role in talent discovery.
The Minister made this assertion when he hosted winners of the maiden edition of the National Principal’s Cup Fosla Academy in Abuja.
The Minister congratulated the students, staff of FOSLA academy as well as their proprietor Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi for emerging champions of the revived competition.
According to him “I want to thank you for investing in these young ones and I also want to recommend upfront to other Nigerians be it individuals or organisations to see what you are doing now as a model because the future of our sports development will only be possible in a dynamic form with partnerships between government and private sector”
He reiterated that, the President Mohammadu Buhari has asked that the NFF under the supervision of the Ministry should produce a 10 year football master plan. “Perhaps the biggest thing we should expect is the Nigerian Sports Industry Policy that has business model embedded in it. Sport is now business in this country Academy like yours will get the opportunity to develop their infrastructure so that more talents can be discovered and nurtured.”
“Let me congratulate you very specially on your victory at the National Principal’s Cup. when I presented the cup to you I saw the excitement. I was amazed at some of the skills displayed on the pitch of play. Our work at the Ministry is to hunt for sporting talents and to also partner with institutions like FOSLA Academy who are in the same business of hunting for talents and developing them”
The Minister said because of the experience the Ministry had in bringing back the Principal’s Cup which is now renamed National Principal’s Cup, in another 45 days, the next edition of the competition will comnence on a much larger scale with more schools participating.
“The Power of sports like Mandela said is to Unite and promotes peace in the world. This cannot be understated. I’m glad that you are involved in sports and we hope some of the young players from the Academy will become the bright stars in Nigeria’s football family.”
In his response, the Proprietor of Fosla Academy Alhaji Sanni Lulu Abdullahi thanked the Honourable Minister for vision and hardwork that has helped revive the Principal’s Cup. “FOSLA Academy is a product of hardwork and consistency. The victory in the National Principal’s Cup is a dream come true and we are very grateful for the opportunity to expose our young talents. I’m personally grateful” Lulu concluded.
Sports
Remain Calm, IBB International Golf Club Tells Members

It was an unusual scenario Saturday morning as the security agencies comprises of Police and DSS stormed the club, asking staff and members to vacate the club house and course.
While reacting to the incident, the release signed by Ibrahim Alhassan Babayo, the Captain of the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, described the incident as unfortunate and unexpected.
Ibrahim Babayo accused some minority members with vested interest who collaborated with some security men to seal the club in an attempt to disrupt the scheduled Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Club.
The release urged everyone to remain calm, assured them that all necessary legal steps will be taken to ensure that the process of filing the Board of Trustees, BOT, vacancies is conducted correctly despite the attempts to derail the process.
The Captain said the club will not relent in its efforts to ensure fairness, transparency and due process prevail.
While assuring the members of continued support and trust, the statement asked the staff and members to await further instructions.
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