Olapade reads riot act on sports federations over good governance

From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olapade, has read the riot act to Sports Federations, urging their leaderships to embrace good governance and accountability to attract investment and drive the development of sports in the country.
The NSC gave the order at a two-day governance and leadership seminar organised by the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) for presidents of National Sports Federations in Abuja on Monday.
In his remarks, Olopade stressed that good governance was essential to repositioning sports as a major contributor to Nigeria’s economic growth and national development.
While emphasising that sports has the pot...