Nigeria’s minister of Youth & Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare has offered scholarship to a five-year-old boxing talent, Ayomide Adeyemo, who he believes will help to further carry home his message about a new angle to youth development in the country.
Megasportsarena.com gathered that it is another exemplary step forward in Dare’s renewed vigour for grassroots development of sports, with revitalized agenda in the discovery of young talents, which had also produced a hidden female boxer, Shekinat, a teenage swimmer nicknamed Fish and the Yakubu sisters in tennis, who have already been dubbed the Williams Sisters of Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a press release by the minister’s media officer, John Joshua-Akanji, who described Dare as ‘Nigeria’s Chief Talent Hunter,’ who was moved into action by a viral video of the young talented boxer on social media.
Joshua-Akanji, fondly called ‘Jay Jay’ by colleagues in the sports pen trade, further disclosed that the five-year-old Ayomide is so talented that he can be a future Olympian, hence the minister’s pledge that the new discovery will be properly groomed and monitored .
Dare, who penultimate week in Ibadan had also promised scholarship to a young football fan during the final of Unity Football Club Competition at Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, assured that the young boxer will continue under the tutelage of his father, who is also acting as his trainer.
This comes few weeks after the minister, who continued his vision of ensuring that emergent athletes combine sports with education, pointed out that Ayomide will train after school at the family’s residence in Baruwa area of Lagos State.
He went on to pledge total support for all the discoveries, adding that he will help to further promote boxing development at the grassroots and announced that he will sponsor the two young boxers and the swimmer.
He disclosed that he was moved with a video of both young boxers that went viral on social media, hence his decision to take it upon himself to sponsor seven-year-old Sekina and five-year-old Ayomide, who will continue growing under the technical support of Coach Adeyemo.
The minister confirmed that in the process of making plans for the duo, in furthering his aim to discover new talents in the country, he also stumbled on the young swimmer fondly called Fish, the emergence of all three he enthused will be symbols of his efforts at nurturing hidden talents to become future professionals in all aspects of Nigerian sports.
Dare expatiated: “Sequel to the viral video of a talented baby boy boxer on the social media page, I would be putting the baby in a boxing academy for further growth and also sponsor his education. Some financial stipends would be given for the upkeep of the lad as well.”
