{"id":58058,"date":"2024-12-16T10:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T10:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58058"},"modified":"2024-12-16T12:49:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:49:17","slug":"ondo-sports-facilities-needs-urgent-overhauling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/16\/ondo-sports-facilities-needs-urgent-overhauling\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Facilities in Ondo Decay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), in Ondo State has called on Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to declare a state of emergency on the state&#8217;s deteriorating sports facilities.<br \/>\nSWAN expressed concern over the poor condition of infrastructure, which it says is hampering sports development.<br \/>\nThe association highlighted the plight of the state\u2019s football team, Sunshine Stars, which travels in an old, unsafe bus, symbolizing the broader neglect of sports infrastructure.<br \/>\nAhead of the National Sports Festival, SWAN noted that Ondo lacks key training facilities such as artificial tracks, a functional indoor sports hall, and a standard swimming pool.<br \/>\nIn June, Governor Aiyedatiwa awarded a renovation contract for the Akure Township Stadium to Reform Sports West Africa.<br \/>\nHowever, SWAN criticized the lack of progress, stating the stadium remains abandoned three months later.<br \/>\nResponding to these concerns, Saka Ogunleye, Commissioner for Youths and Sports, assured the public that work had begun, including removing the old hockey pitch surface in preparation for laying a new one.<br \/>\nThe call underscores the urgency for action to revitalize Ondo\u2019s sports sector and provide athletes with the infrastructure needed for success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), in Ondo State has called on Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to declare a state of emergency on the state&#8217;s deteriorating sports facilities. SWAN expressed concern over the poor condition of infrastructure, which it says is hampering sports development. The association highlighted the plight of the state\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58058"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58080,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58058\/revisions\/58080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}