Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has commended Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, for his massive investments in the Nigerian youth as well as in the development of sports infrastructure in the country.
Dare, who was on a courtesy call to Dangote’s Lagos office on Wednesday, briefed and invited the business mogul to the forthcoming National Youth Conference scheduled to hold in Abuja next month.
Dangote, while welcoming the minister expressed delight at the opportunity to be part of the programme billed to positively engage the youth, pledged his support for the conference.
Apart from his investments in the youth, Dangote is also heavily involved in the development of sports infrastructure in Nigeria.
His funding of the renovation work at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja is top of the list and about one million dollars has been committed to the project which has already brought life back to the 60,000 seats capacity stadium.
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, had last week while on a tour of the Abuja Stadium, applauded the state of the arena and commended the Federal Government for partnering with the private sector to put such a facility in place for football development in the country.
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