The buildup to the 22nd National Sports Festival reaches a crescendo on Tuesday as Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State named Nigeria’s former football captain and an African legendary star, Segun Odegbami, as the Grand Sports Ambassador of Ogun State. Also appointed as ambassadors are athlete, Tobi Amusan and boxing sensation, Anthony Joshua.
The appointments were the high points of the governor’s media meeting with the sports editors of the mainstream media houses in the country.
Governor Abiodun presented the certificate appointing Odegbami, whose activities will go beyond the National Sports Festival.
“Permit me to use this opportunity to perform this ceremony of unveiling Chief Segun Odegbami as our grand sports ambassador.
“The National Sports Festival will come and go, but we’re already thinking of leveraging on the gains that will come from hosting the NSF.
“That’s where Odegbami will come in to help us maximise the sports economy.
“He had already given us the template of the Amsterdam Arena, which we intend to replicate at the MKO Abiola Stadium.”