Izuchukwu Okosi
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the issuance of provisional licenses for the establishment of 12 private universities across Nigeria including a Sports University founded by business mogul and former member of the House of Representatives, Ned Nwoko.
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The University, the first of its kind in Nigeria and Africa will be located in Idumuje Ugboko, Delta State, Prime Business Africa understands.
Nwoko, the reverred husband of Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, whilst in the Hallowed Chambers advocated for the establishment of the Sports University but the bill he sponsored then which was not passed did not deter him.
“It took me a long time to get to this point, but I can speak confidently about this now. I went to China, Russia, America, and England and came back to put all the sports courses together,” Nwoko said satisfactorily.
“So, I said to myself this is what we don’t have in Nigeria, and Africa, so I thought I should do something like this to allow the young ones to do what they love doing.”
“The focal point of the university is sports excellence. 80% sports and 20% academics.
The university will take off in September 2022 to offer professional first-degree certificates in sports-related fields.
The school project has a three-floor academic building, top-scale art library, medical centers, Olympic-size swimming pool, and standard pitches for football, hockey, and baseball.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
