…As Dalung hails feat
Barrister Solomon Dalung has again broken another sports jinx after the National Institute for Sports (NIS) held its 7th Convocation for students who graduated from 2005 to 2018.
The Minister of Youth and Sports who was the a special guest at the graduation ceremony of 1,500 coaches and Sports administrators expressed delight that after 14 years of waiting, the ceremony eventually took place under his watch.
“Today is another milestone in our efforts to revive the sports traditions in Nigeria. We had revived the National Sports Festival after six years in the doldrums and today we had Convocation of the National Institute for Sports after 14 years. For me, it is a thing of joy especially sharing the joy of the graduands, some of whom had graduated over 14 years ago, waiting helplessly for this day.
“I congratulate all the graduands, Governing Council and the Management of the NÍS and all those who made this historic event a reality. This event becomes a second addition to virtually moribund programs within the system of the Ministry resuscitated during my tenure with the first being the National Sports Festival. The management of the Institute under the leadership of the Director Dr Eke Kingdom has lived to realize some of the targets I set for them and I will commend him for this achievement,” Dalung said.
The Minister said that the Governing Council of the NIS was inaugurated in March 2018 under the leadership of Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima (MFR) to give direction and sustain the leadership of NIS in the areas of Sports Research, Coaching and Management.
Barrister Dalung also charged the graduands to discourage the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes and key into the silent revolution being witnessed in the sports sector in the last three and half years under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration with focus on nurturing sports talents at the grassroots.
The NIS also used the occasion to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the Institute.
