The Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa have said that the potentials embedded in sports have been highly underestimated in Nigeria.
Speaker Obasa said this during a public hearing on a bill that seeks to amend the Lagos State Sports Commission Law, 2017 recently.
Represented by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni said it was lamentable that some people see sports in its aesthetic outlook whereas it has a deep relationship with the security and socio-economic well-being of the nation.
The Speaker also said sports has “saved the world of many criminals and the criminality that would have been perpetrated by them. Likewise, sports have transformed the lives of many people living in our neighbourhoods.
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