Samuel Ovenseri Aibueku | Solomon Ogbouma
Discipline: Education, Sports and Recreation
This paper examined the historical antecedence of policy formulation as an index of Nigeria’s Sports Development initiative, wherein a historical analysis of policy development in sports was undertaken. It identified lack of coverage of all issues concerning sports as the major bane of the current sport development policy and advocated an urgent review of the policy to bring it in line with the velocity of sports development in Nigeria. Generally, recommendations were put forth for the over-all improvement of the existing situation.