The Executive chairman Kano state sports commission, Ibrahim Galadima(MFR) has cried aloud over the absence of private sector led sports investments in the state.
He spoke while addressing particpants at the second stage of SWAN Kano chapter four stages Investigative jornalism training workshop held KSSC conference hall, on Tuesday he decried that the situation has degenerated to an ignominy condition, where companies shun sports activities , noting Cooperate Social Responsibility, is also not been extended to the sector, stressing that major sports sponsorship are no longer valuable to sporting clubs and associations operating in the state.
He said “ we will continue to speak our minds, we have the responsibility to develop sports, the private sector should support or young boys and girls.
Galadima appeal to private sector operators to come to the rescue by taking off the burden of sole sports sponsorship that is currently vested on the state government.
The KSSC boss cautioned sports administrators to be weary of actions that scare away investors and sponsors from investing in sports sectors, urging them that sport is a viable sector that should be packaged to attract the private sector to tap into its economic potentialities.
