By Daily Sports Nigeria on February 7, 2025
Former international, Baldwin Bazuaye, said that Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission Amadin Enabulele will not encourage athletes to be poached under his watch.
Bazuaye, an Executive Director representing Edo South Senatorial District in the commission, said that the commission would invest in grassroots sports development through talent hunt programmes and nurture those discovered.
Bazuaye stated this after his committee rounded off a familiarisation tour of the Edo South Local Government Councils in Abudu, Orhionmwon Local Government Area on Wednesday.
He told the local government chairmen that Enabulele is committed to the implementation of the development programme of the commission in line with the mandate given to him by the state government.
He said, “The commission under the watch of the chairman will not encourage athletes’ poaching. He assured us that the commission will invest in grassroots sports development through talent hunt programmes and nurture the talents discovered.
“Also, in demonstration of the commission’s commitment to the realisation of Governor Monday Okpebholo’s social development agenda and the commission’s goals to reenact the feat of the state when it was referred to as Bendel Number One, we have begun the hunt for talents with the tour of Local Government councils in the Edo South Senatorial District.
“The commission seeks collaboration with the councils on how to spread the message to the various local communities on the need to raise athletes from the grassroots and nurture them to stardom.
“We all know that Edo is blessed with natural and human resources. I was discovered and picked from street and school football competitions and developed to the international level. I believe we still have the talents everywhere in our state; hence we are going through a thorough process of catching them young.”
Source Punch Ng
Posted February 7, 2025
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