President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday
promised to institute a special fund for the country’s sports sector if
re-elected for a second term on March 28.
Jonathan made the promise while
addressing sportsmen and others at a solidarity rally organised for him
at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
Vice-President Namadi Sambo in his short
remark at the event said Nigeria could not afford to be governed by a
73-year-old President.
The event put together by a
Non-Governmental Organisation, Desire for Greatness Foundation, saw the
President walking from the Presidential Villa, Abuja to the Eagle
Square.
He was joined in the long walk by Sambo
and President of the Senate, David Mark, among other top government
officials and presidential aides.
The President said the special fund
would serve as stop gap for the trainings of the nation’s sportsmen
before their budgets are approved.
He added that the fund would also be
used to bring succour to sports men and women who have brought glory to
the nation but suddenly found themselves in need.
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