By Our Correspondent in Abuja
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has urged Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq to sustain his support for sports development as part of efforts to reduce social vices in the state.
The minister,who gave the advice on Thursday when the governor held a meeting him in his office in Abuja on Thursday, commended him for hosting the last edition national youth game in Ilorin.
“I want to thank his excellency for hosting our biggest youth game in Ilorin, your excellency we are coming to Ilorin again because of the facilities in University of Ilorin, soonest, for the youth game.
“I love the fact His Excellency AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq loves sport, I want to encourage your excellency to invest more in sports,” he stated.
On the need to Immortalise ex-international, the late Rashidi Yekini, who was an indigene of Kwara state, Dare said The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare had told the Governor that his ministry had written series of letter to the Kwara State Government for the immortalization of the late football legend.
Responding,AbdulRazaq said that progress had been made in immortalizing football icon, by naming the Kwara State Sports Complex Stadium Ilorin after him, adding that legislative action would soon commence on the issue.
He said, “We will send a bill to the State House of Assembly to immortalize Rashidi Yekini with the name of the stadium changing after the approval.
