The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, has said the ministry will focused on the development of sports at the grassroots level.
Enoh made this announcement in Lagos at the Pitstop monthly critique in October. He also discussed his intentions to hasten the nation’s progress in the sports sector.
“Our focus is on grassroots sports development,” declared the minister. We are concentrated on attempting to see how much we can do to help our talented young men and women, who are primarily from the grassroots, understand that they have a future if they work hard and are determined.
“The focus is trying to see how we can get a quick fix of sporting facilities in the grassroots, so that the talented ones can showcase what they do, and we can lead them on and transition them to compete for themselves and for our country. And overall, to see how we can create and achieve a sports revolution in our country.”
Enoh praised the PitStop Lagos Community for encouraging cycling and pledged his support for the activity, expressing the hope that similar programs would be implemented throughout the nation.
PitStop Lagos General Manager Mr. Opeyemi Adegboro stated that the goal of the criterium is to produce professional cyclists and enhance grassroots cycling while training riders for competition.
Adegboro: “We are developing grassroots cycling. We are giving the cyclists opportunity for consistent earning, of which at this event, there’s something to win for the first 15 participants in this race. The prize for the winner is N250,000; the prize for the second position is N150,000, with the third winning N100,00, while the fourth and fifth positions cart home N50,000 and N40,000 respectively. And for the team that won, they will be getting $1000.”
Children, women, professional cyclists, and leisure riders participated in the Access Bank, Craneburg, and Ilubirin-sponsored criterium, which was a 15-loop, about 36-kilometer race held at the Dolphin estate loop.
Isaac Gana, the winner and coach at the PitStop cycling program, expressed gratitude for his triumph.
According to him, the cyclists hope to repeat their success in other competitive events.
