{"id":77173,"date":"2025-10-22T20:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77173"},"modified":"2025-10-22T20:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:31:28","slug":"osun-names-davido-chairman-of-sports-trust-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/22\/osun-names-davido-chairman-of-sports-trust-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Osun names Davido chairman of Sports Trust Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Osun State Government has appointed Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, as Chairman of the Osun State Sports Trust Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative aims to raise funds to transform the state\u2019s sports sector and ensure sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Governor Kola Adewusi, who also serves as Commissioner for Sports, said the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke is committed to overhauling sports infrastructure, starting with the ongoing renovation of Osogbo Township Stadium. The upgraded facility is expected to meet Olympic standards.<\/p>\n<p>Adewusi added, \u201cPlans are in advanced stages for the establishment of the Osun State Sports Commission, which will coordinate sports administration, development, and policy implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the Sports Trust Fund will attract support from philanthropists and investors, and noted that Davido\u2019s involvement would help mobilize resources for the state\u2019s sports initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The government reaffirmed its commitment to completing the stadium project, which is expected to host both national and international competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado &nbsp; The Osun State Government has appointed Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, as Chairman of the Osun State Sports Trust Fund. The initiative aims to raise funds to transform the state\u2019s sports sector and ensure sustainable development. Deputy Governor Kola Adewusi, who also serves as Commissioner for Sports, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77173","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77175,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77173\/revisions\/77175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}