Sports
‘Ex-Athletes Should Take Charge Of Sports’
A former national athlete, Uche Nebedum, has called for the use of ex-athletes in the
administration of the sports they were involved in, to enhance sports
development.
Nebedum, who participated in the maiden
National Sports Festival in Lagos in 1973, said in Lagos that the athletes
understood sports better than civil servants.
The former athlete, who represented
East Central State in volleyball, basketball and athletics at the Games, said
this while assessing the progress made so far in the development of sports
through the festival.
She noted that in football, ex-players
who had handled technical positions had done better, while those who set up
football academies had discovered talents.