DARE SCORES BUHARI ON SPORTS AND YOUTH SECTOR


By Terseer Jackson                                                                                                   

The Honourable Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Dare presented the achievements of the sports and youth sector under the Buhari adminstration at an international press briefing, held yesterday at the National Press Centre, Abuja.

According to the press statement by Mohammed Manga, the  Director, Press and Public Relations,  Dare  outlined  President Muhammadu Buhari Administration's Scorecard under the Sports and Youth Sector since its inception in 2015. 

Dare noted that, under the present Administration, the Sports and Youth sector has witnessed tremendous turn around through the implementation of well-thought out initiatives, programmes and policies targeted not only at empowering the youth but also moving sports away from mere recreation to business.

He stated that his Ministry has the mandate to lift up the socio-economic development of the country by promoting the physical, mental and socio- economic development of the youth target segment of the population which constitutes the largest demographic composition representing 65% of our population. 

While describing the youth as the strength and future of our nation, Dare observed that "fixing them is fixing the country". As a result, he added, that the present Administration embarked on empowering them  through the acquisition of various skills to make them enterpreneurial, employable as well as employers of labour.

Also, he mentioned  that so far, a total of 432,812 youth have benefited from the various training programmes which include Cyber Security, Web Development, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Coding, among others.

The Minister explained that, in order to  provide access to funds for the empowerment of the the teeming Nigerian Youth, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration committed N75 billion to National Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). Of this amount he said,  26,000 applicants have so far accessed  N10bn out of the fund, while the next trench of N10bn is slated for disbursement in January 2023.

He also presented the Administration's commitment to graduates during the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), through the increment of their allowances from N19,800  to N33,000 from January 2020.

The Minister emphasised that, the present Administration, in  recognition of the sterling performance of our athletes at the Commonweath Games, hosted them to a Presidential Reception and gifted them a cash award of Two hundred million naira, including National Honours.

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