DR. SAMUEL OVENSERI AIBUEKU AND SOLOMON OGBOUMA
ovenseriaibueku@yahoo.com, sogbouma@gmail.com
Department of Health, Environmental Education and Human Kinetics,
University of Benin, Benin City
NIGERIA
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences | Vol. 1, No. 1 | March 2014
Historical Analysis of Nigeria’s Sports Development Policy 439 KB 1 downloads
DR. SAMUEL OVENSERI AIBUEKU AND SOLOMON OGBOUMA ovenseriaibueku@yahoo.com, sogbouma@gmail.com Department...
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.
Keywords: Historical Analysis, Sports Development, Policy formulation