The Federal Ministry of Youth Development is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for youth affairs, including the formulation and implementation of the national youth policy, youth development programmes, funding of youth initiatives, enterprise development, vocational skills and training, youth engagement, employment, education, and the promotion of youth participation. It also oversees the

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(NYSC) and the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre. The ministry was previously formed through a merger of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD) and the National Sports Commission (NSC), following a proclamation by President

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on 11 November 2016, as part of the restructuring of ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) of the government. It was later separated from the Federal Ministry of Sports by President

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, restoring its independent focus on youth development.

The ministers

The incumbent Federal Minister of Youth Development is Ayodele Olawande. The mandate of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sport Development is the "formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes on youths and sports development towards wealth creation, youth empowerment, physical fitness and well-being, achieving excellence in sports, national unity and sustainable development".

National Sports Commission

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before it was scrapped by the Muhammadu Buhari government in 2015. It is headed by the minister of sports. Its origin dates back to 1910 with the creation of the Empire Day competition.

Name changes

*National Sports Council (1962–1963) *Ministry of Labour (1964–1971) *National Sports Commission (1971–1975) *Ministry of Social Development, Youth and Sports (1975–1979) *Ministry of Youth and Culture (1979–1982) *Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture (1982–1990) *Ministry of Youth and Sports (1990–1992) *National Sports Commission (1992–1995) *Ministry of Youth and Sports (1995–1999) *Ministry of Sports and Social Development (1999–2007) *National Sports Commission (2007–2015) *Federal Ministry of Youth Development (2023) *Federal Ministry of Sport (2023)

Some notable moments

*Nigeria participated in an international sporting event for the first time at 1934 Common Wealth and Empire Day Games held in

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. *Nigeria first contingent participation in

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and 1965

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in Brazzaville, Congo *National Sports Council was established in 1962, as a

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under the Federal Ministry of Labour *Became established as the National Sports Commission in 1971 (by the Federal Military Government Decree 34 of 1971) *In 1975, Nigeria had her first Minister for Youth and Sports *In 1995, the National Sport Commission was dissolved and replaced by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. *In 2007, the Ministry for Sport and Social Development was again dissolved and replaced with the National Sports Commission.

References

{{Reflist Public administration Government of Nigeria Sport in Nigeria

The ministers

National Sports Commission

Name changes

Some notable moments

See also

References