Ngerem who spoke exclusively to Daily Sun- sports said he welcomes Dalong’s appointment in spite of the fact that he is an “outsider’ as far as sports is concerned in the country.
“He (Dalong) is new to sports, but that is not a problem. The important thing is for him to have the passion for sports and be ready to do the right things. What sports needs is a man that will be ready to dust and implement all the wonderful recommendations made over the years.
So much work has been done over the years and no body has implemented them. If he (Dalongs) comes with that political will to do the right thing then Nigeria sports will move to the next level. The problem is that we have in the past had ministers who only come to sports to use it as an avenue to amass money and prepare themselves for their next political agenda of either becoming a governor or going to the senate,” Ngerem said.
He charged the new sports minister to pay good attention to the welfare of athletes, grassroots sports development, interface with the private sector and be transparent and account- able.
“Most of the past sports ministers didn’t want sports to be taken to the private sector because
they know the money that comes from that sector must be accounted for. Now that government finance is dwindling, Dalong must be ready to do things differently. He must realize that sports is big busi- ness,” Ngerem said.
Ngerem noted that Dalong is coming at a time when Nigeria sports took a big leap with the per- formance of the Golden Eaglets and Nigeria’s new world scrabble champion, Wellington Jighire.
Dalong, a lawyer and former Prisons officer from Plateau State was Wednesday named new sports minister by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Daily Sunsports gathered that he has the ears of President Buhari, who has mandated him to ensure accountability in Nigerian sports.
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