Sports
Dare Inaugurates National Youth Data Bank Committee
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has inaugurated a National Youth Data Bank Committee to generate an up-to-date information about the country’s youth for policy formulation, implementation as well as enhance their chances of being gainfully employed.
Dare, while inaugurating the Committee in his Office in Abuja today, called on them to liaise with Federal Constituencies and Senatorial Districts with a view to producing a One-Stop Shop Youth Databank for the country.
According to him, “a Databank generated through Federal Constituencies and Senatorial Districts would curb challenges, such as corrupt practices mostly associated with youth engagement in various Social Investment Programmes of the Government.”
Represented by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar, Dare said that the Databank when completed, should indicate the skills, ability and disability status of the youth as well as other considerations required for policy formulation and implementation.
Speaking further, the Minister stated that the absence of a National Youth Data Bank limits funding, programme implementation, practicability and youth inclusiveness, which is one of the mandates of the Ministry.
He informed that the National Assembly had earlier requested the Ministry to synergize with the Ministry of Labour and Employment with a view to generating a Data Bank for Nigerian youth, which will assist Government in its laudable initiatives for their socio-economic development
Responding, a member of the Committee and an Assistant Director (Youth) Network Social Mobilisation (NSM) Department of the Ministry, Mr. Oyekan Adedoyin, assured that they will bring in their wealth of experience to bear in ensuring that they produce a One-Stop Shóp Youth Databank for policy formulation and implementation in the country.
He thanked the present Administration as well as Top Management Staff of the Ministry for giving them the opportunity to serve the country in this capacity, pledging that members will work assiduously towards the realization of their Mandate.
The newly inaugurated 12-member Committee comprising the Ministry’s Staff and other relevant Government bodies are as follows Agun Ebiho, Chairman, Adeagbo Isaac, Secretary.
Oyekan Adedoyin – Member, Joy Ekut – Member, Fashakin Olawale – Member, Ajibaye Shakiru – Member.
Other are; Ibrahim Jehu – Member, Bologo Michael – Member, Olawande Braimoh – Member
Charles Musa – Member, Gloria Nwachukwu – Member, Akpan Ima-Ima Okon – Member.
Sports
Nigeria Flag National Team heads for historic African Championship in Egypt
….Unveils its competition apparel to the National Sports Commission
Joel Ajayi
The Nigerian American Football Association ( NAFA ) has unveiled its competition apparel to the National Sports Commission, NSC, as it gets set to depart for the inaugural IFAF Africa Flag Football continental Games in Egypt billed for the 20-21 of June 2025.
In a brief but significant ceremony, the President of NAFA, Babajide Akeredolu, unveiled the jerseys the team will be using in Egypt to the Director General of the NSC, Hon Bukola Olopade on Tuesday, as the DG charged the team to do the country proud and return with flying colours.
“On this trip to Egypt I wish you guys well and I am more encouraged that you guys are very confident that our women team will win Gold. I am also very fascinated that you are taking U13 to this tournament.It’s inline with the Commission’s renewed hope vision to also start building for the future”.
“I must also thank you and your team for the kind of aggressive publicity and glamour you are creating around flag football in Nigeria and I believe there is a realistic possibility of a synergy being created that will glue NAFA and Showtimes together in order to have a robust league round the country.If this can eventually happen and you guys come together, this Sport will take Nigeria by storm, I have no doubt”, he concluded.
President and founder of NAFA, Babajide Akeredolu explained the significance of the tournament and the readiness of the Nigerian team to make history in Egypt.
” Since flag Sports became an Olympic Sport, there was a strong push to have a continental games so that Africa is better represented on the global stage.All African countries then came together with interface with the global body and now we have our first African games”.
” We came here to unveil our jersey to the DG and tell him that we are fielding three teams for the competition- the main team which has been in camp for two months now, a female team and an U13 team”.
He added that ” We are quite optimistic and we believe that with the support and activities of many leagues in Nigeria like the Abuja Flag football league, the showtime, the Community flag football league and the Ogun flag football league, we have a lot of players that can give us a formidable National team”.
Nigeria is billed to compete alongside traditional Sporting countries like Morocco,Tunisia, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana Uganda and host country Egypt, when the tournament holds this weekend.
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