{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"A New National Sports Commission - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5AcxDlpSuS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/a-new-national-sports-commission\/\">A New National Sports Commission<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/a-new-national-sports-commission\/embed\/#?secret=5AcxDlpSuS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A New National Sports Commission&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"5AcxDlpSuS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/shehu-Dikko.jpg","thumbnail_width":686,"thumbnail_height":386,"description":"Two weeks ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the \u2018death\u2019 of the Ministry of Sports and immediately announced the rebirth of the National Sports Commission, NSC. With that single move, he did what no President in almost 20 years before him had considered important enough to be done in response to the prescription by respected stakeholders in sports as a panacea for sports development in the country.   Okay, that\u2019s not completely true. For about 18 of those years discussions, committees, panels and even public hearings were held at different times, a bill was passed by the National Assembly, and presented to the last government. Signing it into law was one of the last acts of former President Muhammadu Buhari.   Why it took the BAT government over one year to breathe life into the law, I do not know. By this action now, this rebirth assumes a completely new dimension - it has established a permanent body enabled and empowered by law. This new NSC is for real.   There have been at least 5 NSC regimes between 1972 and the present, each with a slight variation in structure from the original version that is romanticized till now as a model of success good enough to be revived.   That original version of the NSC was a parastatal of the Ministry of Sports.  Although a creation of the Military government in power, it survived several upheavals in government, its powers whittled down with every successive change in government."}