The Nigerian government has expressed its desire to collaborate with Spain and other countries of the world in the field of sports, with a view to ensure that her huge sporting potentials are tapped for the socio-economic growth and development of the nation
The minister of sports development, Senator John Owan Enoh stated this when he received the Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Juan Ignacio Sell in his office at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja
Enoh in a press statement signed by Mohammed Manga,
Director of press and public relations, Federal Ministry of Sports Development, said Spain was undoubtedly a renowned country in the field of sports, especially its Football League, the Spanish La Liga, a feat which the present administration is interested in replicating in the country
Sports diplomacy, Senator Enoh added, has become a very potent weapon in global diplomacy, and the President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration, having recognised Nigeria’s huge sporting potentials, created the Ministry of Sports Development with a mandate to work assiduously towards ensuring that these potentials are harvested and adequately deployed so as not only to enable the country join the comity of sporting nations of the world but also provide for job creation, poverty alleviation, security and inclusiveness through women participation in sports
Source : Leadership