We are ready to drive sports development – Adeleke

By Funmi Adekoya

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reiterated his administration’s readiness to drive sports development in the state through Public-Private Partnership, PPP.

According to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Governor Adeleke stated this while responding to an address by a British born Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball executive and President of the Toronto Raptors in the National Basketball Association, NBA, Masai Michael Ujiri.

Governor Adeleke, who assured the readiness of his administration to develop sports in the state, extended a state invitation to Masai Ujiri to further consolidate his administration’s plans and efforts for the sector.

He added that Osun is open for sports as a tool for economic development.

Mr. Ujuri who addressed the delegation of Nigerian Governors at the ongoing leadership retreat organized by the Nigeria Governors Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, disclosed that sports as an important sector needs proper attention by the government and to drive the needed development in the sector.

He said government needs to bring in private investors, citing examples of how commercializing sports has helped many developed countries.

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