President of the Senate, David Mark, has stated that it is high time
Nigeria used the power and passion of football to fight insecurity and
disunity in the country, stressing that even Boko Haram members watch
the game.
The Nigerian third citizen, who spoke during the recent public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Sports at the National Assembly, also appealed to the disgruntled sports administrators to quickly withdraw their cases from the courts in the interest of the game and the country.
“We used to evolve a robust sporting policy to take us where we are. Our young girls and boys need to be encouraged when they do well. There is need to continuation of policy. Today if we change a sports minister instead of continuing from where his predecessor stopped, he would rather start discrediting his predecessor. We must learn to build on what others have done.
“Before I conclude my rather lengthy address for obvious reason that I’m very interested in sports, I want to remind us that the greatest unifying factor in this country is sports. There are talks about religion and regional issues among other differences, but sports is one area we all agree. Once it involves sports, every Nigeria, irrespective of where we come from will agree.
“I believe that even Boko Haram members do watch the game of football. It is our unifying factor and we must begin to look at it from that perspective. If we get it right, we would go a long way in uniting and bringing peace in this country,” he noted. Appealing to the litigants, the former military governor, said:
“Football is only a small fraction of this public hearing, but it is very important. The big question those in court should ask is whether the litigations can help Nigerian football. If it would not help us, they should stop them.
“If they were there just for their personal interest in gains, then they should withdraw the cases from the court. They should take national interest to heart and give Nigerian interest the priority so that it is just a matter of going to win in the court.
If they win in court and it does not help our sporting activities, there is no access for the litigation,” Mark noted. He assured on the outcome of hearing, stressing: “We will follow up whatever comes out of the Senate public hearing because we are not doing it only for the National Assembly, but for the whole nation and we need all hands to be on deck.
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The Nigerian third citizen, who spoke during the recent public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Sports at the National Assembly, also appealed to the disgruntled sports administrators to quickly withdraw their cases from the courts in the interest of the game and the country.
“We used to evolve a robust sporting policy to take us where we are. Our young girls and boys need to be encouraged when they do well. There is need to continuation of policy. Today if we change a sports minister instead of continuing from where his predecessor stopped, he would rather start discrediting his predecessor. We must learn to build on what others have done.
“Before I conclude my rather lengthy address for obvious reason that I’m very interested in sports, I want to remind us that the greatest unifying factor in this country is sports. There are talks about religion and regional issues among other differences, but sports is one area we all agree. Once it involves sports, every Nigeria, irrespective of where we come from will agree.
“I believe that even Boko Haram members do watch the game of football. It is our unifying factor and we must begin to look at it from that perspective. If we get it right, we would go a long way in uniting and bringing peace in this country,” he noted. Appealing to the litigants, the former military governor, said:
“Football is only a small fraction of this public hearing, but it is very important. The big question those in court should ask is whether the litigations can help Nigerian football. If it would not help us, they should stop them.
“If they were there just for their personal interest in gains, then they should withdraw the cases from the court. They should take national interest to heart and give Nigerian interest the priority so that it is just a matter of going to win in the court.
If they win in court and it does not help our sporting activities, there is no access for the litigation,” Mark noted. He assured on the outcome of hearing, stressing: “We will follow up whatever comes out of the Senate public hearing because we are not doing it only for the National Assembly, but for the whole nation and we need all hands to be on deck.
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