The minor cabinet rejig announced by President Bola Tinubu during the week has a huge effect on the sports sector. The ministry of sports was scrapped by the Federal Government just as the former minister, John Enoh, was axed and ‘demoted’ to become Minister of State for Trade and Investment. No doubt, Enoh’s exit was can better be summarized as good riddance .
..The former minister did not make the expected impact people were yearning for in his spell in office.
He came in with promises and till Tuesday, he did little or nothing to boost sports. The zero medals recorded at the Olympic Games in France and the below average outing of Nigeria at the Paralympic Games, also in France were major setbacks for Enoh. It was more disheartening because the Federal Government committed N12bn to the games and no result to show.
There were no policies that could be credited to him or major steps one can recall. His intervention in the Super Eagles 20-hour delay in Libya was a major plus for Enoh but sadly it was coming at the eve of his tenure when his cup was already full. Certainly, Sport will not miss Enoh and if on the contrary, he will be missed for good.
The scrapping of the ministry has been in the pipeline for a long time and so the return of the National Sports Commission did not come as a surprise. Rather, the emergence of former chairman of the League Management Committee, Shehu Dikko as the Director General of the NSC. It was shocking.
Dikko has been in football for so ma.