Oyo SWAN set to hold Oyo Sport Summit.

Dalung,Ajimobi, Adeyemo, Oke confirmed as Special guests

 

By Ayo Ademokoya

All roads lead to the D’Rovans hotel Ibadan on the 30^th of November 2016, venue of the first Oyo State Sports Summit.

According to the Chairman of the Sports Committee of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Oyo state chapter, Mr Samson Akindele who reaveled that the Sports Summit is an initiative of  Niyi Alebiosu led Executive of the Association whose target remain to revive sports on the pacesetter state.

“The new excos of Oyo SWAN swung into action by inaugurating various committees within the association which would be very active in working for the dreams and progress of the association and one of them is the Sports committee comprising about seven members and my humble self as the chairman.

“For quite some time now we all will notice that that Sport is practically dead in the state and there is need for stakeholders to come together and talk about these problems beleaguering sports in the state.

Not only Shooting Stars is dying, other sports too are clamouring for attention while sports facilities in the states are dilapidated. All of us involving in the sports business in one form or the other are feeling these brunt and as stakeholders we cannot fold our arms to see everything go into oblivion.

The new exco has swung into action by inviting the General Manager of Oyo State sports council, Mr Gboyega Makinde to come and speak on the topic titled; State of Sports in Oyo state, while a foremost Sports Marketer in the country, Mr Steve Akadiri has also been invited to talk on Privatisation and Sport Marketing.

Other panellists invited by the association are Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, Dr Felix Owolabi, (MON)Honourable Dapo Adesina, Mr Shola Akinwale to mention but few.

A communiqué from the summit is expected to be forwarded to the State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi after wards

Meanwhile,the Executive Governor of Oyo State His Excellency,Senator Abiola Ajimobi,the honourable Minister for Youth and Sports in Nigeria, Barrister Solomon Dalung, Speaker,Oyo State house of Assembly ,Rt Hon. Michael Adeyemo and the Honourable Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo State,Barrister Yomi Oke have all been confirmed to grace the occassion.