By Andrew Abah, Abuja
The Minister of Sports Development Senator John Owan Enoh has charged members of the E-SPORTS Organisation to follow due process and ensure the Sports is registered as one of the sports Federations in the country.
Senator Enoh gave this charge today in Abuja during a meeting with members of the organisation who were there to brief him on some of the challenges of the sport and the way forward.
The Minister stated that the ministry is desirous to have as many Sports as possible and E-Sports is one sports the people are so eager to have in the country which have the potential of creating more opportunity for the country in global sports.
“The Ministry is so desirous of E-Sports and aware of the deep interest of the people in the sports, if E-sports is registered, it will be one of my achievements as it will be the first sports to be registered under my watch as the first minister of sports development in the country”.
While applauding the members who have taken the sports beyond the shores of the country the Minister encouraged them to channel all their energy into making the Sport an international sports.
He urged them to adhere to the tenent of the Sports department to get the sports registered organise election for the members like other Sports Federations as that’s the only way their authentication as a sports federation can be guaranteed, not by the Olympic Committee or any international body but by the ministry he added.
Earlier in his address, the Acting Director Federations and Elite Athletes Department Mrs Amaka Ashiofu represented by the Deputy Director, Ajao Olufemi explained that the purpose of the visit is to rub minds with the Minister on the way forward to getting the E sports function effectively like every other sports federation in the Ministry. READ ALSO:
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He assures members of the E-Sports Organisation that the Department is ready to do the needful for its regularization as soon the Organisation meets up with the criteria to become a full sports federation in the Ministry.
