Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has been awarded the Best Performing Minister at the Nigeria Sports Governor Merit Award and Nigeria Philanthropist Merit Award ceremony.
The Minister, represented by his Special Assistant on Policy, Bamiduro Olumide, received the award at the Shehu Yar’ Adua Centre in Abuja on Wednesday.
Dare thanked the organisers of the awards for the recognition given to him.
“This award and the other awards I have received are some of the evidence of the commitment of the Buhari administration to the growth of the Youth and Sports sector,” he said.
“I am grateful for the opportunity given me to serve and make an impact in the lives of our youth.”
Since his assumption of office in August 2019, Dare has introduced numerous programmes, initiatives and policies that have positively impacted the youth and sports sector in the country and led to success in international competitions.
Other recipients of awards at the event include the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and his wife, Betsy Obaseki, the Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shuaibu, the President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engineer Habu Gumel.
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Also in attendance, the Director General of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), General Buba Marwa(retired), former Director General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Musa Nimrod.
Sports philanthropist, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu also graced the occasion, and also the President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation Daniel Igali, among others.
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