{"id":32277,"date":"2020-09-23T14:50:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T14:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32277"},"modified":"2020-09-23T14:50:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T14:50:39","slug":"nigeria-60-sports-ministry-to-celebrate-60-sporting-icons-for-60-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32277","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA @60: Sports Ministry to celebrate 60 sporting icons for 60 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As part of its plans ahead of Nigeria\u2019s 60th Independence celebration, the Ministry of Youth and Sports says it would celebrate 60 sporting icons in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, made this known to the media at the National Principals\u2019 Cup in Lagos this week as recalled by the Punch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dare, who said the Ministry would be partnering with selected Television stations to do this, added that it is a way of inspiring young and aspiring athletes in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis country has enjoyed sporting glory in 60 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe won gold medals at the Atlanta Olympics (in 1996) and we\u2019ve seen so many of our sportsmen and women represent this country and also have become global stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ministry, in partnership with a couple of TV stations, will start the selection of 60 sports icons, people will submit and we will pick 60 of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to have a roll-up banner top to bottom at the velodrome in Abuja, of all the selected 60 sports icons who made this country proud, some dead and some still alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are also going to have audio running commentaries that will talk of their exploits, and this will run for 60 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hope to have some of these icons present at the velodrome so that they can speak to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is meant to inspire our young ones, to see the living legends who have made our country proud. But for us, it is going to be a celebration of these icons who are still alive, and for those that are dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria will be celebrating its 60th anniversary as an independent nation on the 1st of October this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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