DG NIS , Philip Shaibu vows to implement 10 years road map
The Director General , National Institute for Sports (NIS) Philip Shuaibu has pledged to implement the recommendations of the 10-Year Road Map for the revitalization of Nigerian Sports.
He made the vow last Tuesday in Abuja, during the presentation of the report by the committee chaired by Musa Kida.
The 32-man Advisory Committee was inaugurated in July, 2025, Shaibu commended the committee for its dedication and the comprehensive work carried out , assuring that the recommendations would not be shelved .
He said “I want to thank the chairman of the committee for this report and to assure the chairman and the committee that this will not be another document that will go under the table or on the shelf. We are ready to work and we will look at all the recommendations and we’ll see how we can implement them for the benefit of our country.”.
“We will be releasing a list of persons that will be in the advisory council for the implementation of this document and interestingly the chairman will still head the implementation. He is not just submitting this report, although the committee is dissolved but I’m setting up an advisory committee that will see to the implementation of this document.
He further said “Those that produced the document know and understand the intention of the document. When you take this document and give it to another set of people to implement it , it becomes difficult or may die a natural death.” Shaibu stressed .
In his remarks, the chairman of the Advisory Committee, Engineer Musa Kida, described the report as a comprehensive document designed to address the key challenges facing the NIS and the growth of Sports in the country.
“This document fills the gaps that have long existed in the NIS. And we sincerely hope that this report finds a little place to move the needle in the very long and big race that you are in, to revamp and revitalize the Nigerian Institute of Sports.” Kida noted .
