NSC Creates Dedicated Budget For Traditional Sports, Targets Global Recognition

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has reaffirmed its commitment to developing and promoting Nigeria’s traditional sports, with plans to take the disciplines to the international stage.
NSC Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, disclosed this during a visit to the Abula venue at Package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Friday.
Dikko said the Commission had, for the first time in the history of sports administration in Nigeria, created a dedicated budget line for traditional sports.
He described Abula, Dambe, Kokuwa, Langa and Ayo as important components of Nigeria’s sporting heritage that deserve sustained investment, wider participation and greater international expos...