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Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 44 sports association chairmen in Lagos

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  • Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurated 44 chairmen of state sports associations at Lagos House in Ikeja.
  • He directed the new administrators to set measurable goals, improve talent development and maintain active competition calendars.
  • Sanwo-Olu also called for greater private-sector investment and more opportunities for women, girls, people with disabilities and other underrepresented athletes.

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has handed 44 sports associations a broad mandate: find talent early, build stronger systems and turn promising athletes into champions.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony at Lagos House, Ikeja, on Tuesday, Sanwo-Olu told the new chairmen to establish clear objectives, succession programmes and regular competition calendars. He said Lagos’s reputation as the “Centre of Excellence” should mean more than discovering gifted athletes.

Lagos’ reputation as a Centre of Excellence must extend beyond talent discovery to establishing the necessary structures, training opportunities, and competitive platforms to transform talents into champions.

— Babajide Sanwo-OluThe Lagos governor outlined the new sports chairmen’s responsibility to build systems around emerging talent.

“Lagos’ reputation as a Centre of Excellence must extend beyond talent discovery to establishing the necessary structures, training opportunities, and competitive platforms to transform talents into champions,” he said.

Sports is not merely recreation but a pathway to discipline, education, employment, entrepreneurship, and economic growth.

— Babajide Sanwo-OluSanwo-Olu described the broader social and economic role of sport.

The governor presented sport as a route to discipline, education, jobs, entrepreneurship and economic growth rather than simply recreation. He also pointed to the wider business generated by major sporting events, including activity in hospitality, transport, entertainment, media, technology, fitness and sports medicine.

Sanwo-Olu urged the associations to work more closely with the private sector and to operate with transparency, accountability and discipline. He also called for opportunities for women, girls, people with disabilities and other underrepresented groups. “Their success will be measured not by the duration of their tenure but by the athletes developed, institutions strengthened, records broken, and champions produced during their tenure,” he said.

Their success will be measured not by the duration of their tenure but by the athletes developed, institutions strengthened, records broken, and champions produced during their tenure.

— Babajide Sanwo-OluThe governor set out how he would assess the performance of the newly inaugurated chairmen.
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