The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Sport Commission (NSC) have announced plans to reinforce their partnership in improving sports development in Nigeria.
The commitment was made on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, when the Sports Committee of the EFCC, led by its head, Assistant Commander, ACE ll Halilu Dauda, paid a courtesy visit to the NSC Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko.
EFCC’s visit comes ahead of the One Service, One Medal (OSOM) Games – a tournament organised to foster peace, unity, and sports development among members of the armed forces, law enforcement agencies, and para-military organisations in the country.
Speaking during the visit, Dauda commended the strides of the NSC under Dikko’s leadership, noting that the OSOM Games will further promote unity for national development.
“I have been following every single story from your Commission, and I must confess that you are doing well. I believe that the Games will harness talent that will help Nigeria win laurels in international competitions. A lot of Nigerians living abroad are doing well in sports. All we need is to train the best locally, from the grassroots, and we can win any competition,” he stated.
On her part, EFCC’s Sports Committee Public Relations Officer, ACE ll, Aisha Mohammed, stressed the need for collaboration among government agencies.
Mohammed explained that such synergy will go a long way in enhancing robust participation in the Games and in mobilising the resources needed to develop local talents.
Similarly, Dikko expressed delight and thanked the anti-graft agency for the visit, emphasising that his leadership has prioritised talent identification and development.
“Since my assumption in office, we have focused our attention on the development of athletes. We have a plan to train the younger ones for a period of time. We are focused on going to the grassroots, especially schools, there are so many talents there; we are not waiting for competitions to come before we start preparing because preparation beats talents in sports,” he said.
The Commissioner mentioned that the Games will feature competitions in swimming, taekwondo, weightlifting, tug-of-war, beach volleyball, boxing, chess, squash and scrabble.
Other events include golf, tennis, shooting, table tennis, football and badminton.
