South-West Sports Directors to Meet, January 31

The General Managers and State Directors of Sports in
the National Sports Commission (NSC) in South-West Zone I are expected to meet
on January 31 to review their programmes, an NSC official has said.

The
NSC South-West Zonal Coordinator, Steve Olarinoye, told newsmen  that the crucial meeting would hold at the
Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan.

“A
meeting of the General Managers and State Directors of Sports and the NSC
South-West Zone I and the Coordinator will hold on January 31, 2013 to move
sports development forward,” he said.

The
NSC South-West Zone I comprises of Oyo, Ogun and Lagos states.

“The
meeting will review the programme of activities in the zone for last year as
well as harmonise the ones for the current year,’’ Olarinoye said.

Meanwhile,
the zonal coordinator has released the zone’s programme of activities for the
year.

The
programme, he said, included Clinic for hockey referees as well as games
masters and mistresses in the South West Zone.

It
also showed that the sixth edition of the South-West Talent Hunt, Private
Secondary Schools Basketball Championship and U-15 South-West Zone I All
Secondary Schools Athletics will hold this year.

Others
are Splash FM-ICPC Integrity Marathon Race, U-13 South West Zone I Football
Competition (Local Government Qualifiers), Seminar for Weightlifting Referees, NSC/Kayrom
Lee U-18 Squash Championship.

The former NSC South-West Zonal Office was
divided into Zone I and Zone II to ensure effective operation.

The
NSC South-West Zone I comprises of Oyo, Ogun and Lagos while Zone II includes
Osun, Ondo and Ekiti.