The Senior Special Assistant to the governor of Osun State on Sports Development, Vincent Akinbami will on June 29 organise a sports stakeholders meeting in Oshogo.

According to him, the stakeholders meeting will go a long way to unravel the problems the state is facing in sports development and also proffer a way forward.

He added that in solving problems, “you must discuss with the actors who know where the shoe pinches and administrators who also have limitations in carrying out activities.”

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He said that Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola is desirous in making the state the best in terms of discovering and nurturing of talents, as he believes by focusing on sports, a lot of youth will be taken off the streets to have a future.

Akinbami said a lot of potential world champions never got started because of lack of opportunity, stressing that Osun State under Governor Oyetola, wants to wake up from being a sleeping giant and take its rightful place in terms of sports in Nigeria.