National Sports Commission chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko has pledged comprehensive reforms in Nigerian boxing as part of the government\u2019s commitment to revamp the sport in the country.\n<\/p>\n
Dikko said this when he received the CEO of Yucateco Ltd, Hon. Omonlei Imadu, the initiator of the first-ever amateur boxing league in Africa, at the NSC headquarters.\n<\/p>\n
The NSC chief highlighted the Commission\u2019s plans, in consonance with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s mandate, to reposition sports in Nigeria to an enviable status, with boxing featuring prominently in the developmental framework.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NSC is not oblivious of the issues in certain sports, hence our developmental scheme to revamp boxing and a few others for an exponential efficiency,\u201d Dikko said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe operate an inclusive policy, and this is to ensure that no sector of our sports is left behind.\u201d <\/p>\n
Dikko explained that the commission has designed a framework to accelerate the advancement of Olympic-rated sports in the country, with boxing falling into this category as part of the government\u2019s broader vision for Nigerian sport.\n<\/p>\n
The NSC boss commended Yucateco\u2019s dedication to amateur boxing development in the country, whilst reaffirming the government\u2019s resolve to foster collaboration with individuals and corporate bodies across every facet of Nigerian sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NSC under my leadership will continue to encourage those with genuine intentions to support our sports. What Yucateco is doing for amateur boxers is truly commendable, and the commission will support him in every way possible,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
In his remarks, Hon. Omonlei Imadu praised the NSC leadership for setting Nigerian sports on a progressive trajectory.\n<\/p>\n
The Yucateco boss, who staged the first-ever World Boxing Council amateur championship in Africa, assured the NSC chief of his unwavering commitment to the advancement of Olympic-style boxing in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Sports Commission chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko has pledged comprehensive reforms in Nigerian boxing as part of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-93617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}