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Federal Government Approves Ned Nwoko’s Sports University

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.

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

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. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.