Upgrading Sports Council To Commission Is Huge For Kwara Sports – Executive Chairman

Coach Bola Mogaji, pioneer executive chairman, Kwara State Sports Commission, KSC, believes that Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq’s decision to upgrade the former state sports council to a commission is by far the biggest legacy of his administration in sports.

“Through the commission, legacy project that will change sports in not only Kwara but the country at large has been embarked upon,” explained Coach Mogaji while fielding questions from journalists on the anniversary of commission and his third year in office.

He considers himself an instrument in the hands of God and the governor in accomplishing projects in the sporting firmament in the country.

“We have a spanking new squash court which is the best of its kind in Africa; there is also a world class table tennis court in place, ready to place Kwara in world map for these games.

“These are inimitable achievements accomplished by the Governor through the sports commission,” he said.

Coach Mogaji, a national squash legend, coach, believed to have passed squash lessons to heads of state and military brass, 28 years was a victim of a politically motivated purge from the old Kwara Sports Council.

Like the rejected stone, Coach Mogaji would return as the corner stone upon which Governor Abdulrazaq chose to rebuild the decaying sports infrastructure in the state.

The squash legend, however, admitted that his return, almost three decades ago had challenges.

” What we left was not what I met 28 years ago. There was discipline back then.

” People were dedicated and ready to work, not for money but for name and prestige. It was not the same thing when I came back.

“The atmosphere I met was so bad. I left here with when the then sports council had 17 vehicles. We had a truck, a 911, luxurious bus, tractor, ambulances, Danah so many. I came here and met nothing; and we have to work.

“If we had remained as council, it wouldn’t have been easy for us to work. The governor granted sports a commission. With a Commission we have direct access to the governor. The governor accomplished a lot with the sports commission. We revamped the Kwara United; We got a new director of sport in Mallam Bako,” he said.

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