Like FIFA did under Sepp Blatter by ensuring that Africa hosted the football World Cup in 2010 to make it truly a World Cup, Nigeria has called on the Commonwealth Games organisers to give Africa a chance to host the Games
The message was passed to the organisers at the 12th Commonwealth Sports Ministers’ Meeting in Glasgow by the National Sports Commission, NSC Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko who urged member nations to reserve the 2034 Commonwealth Games for an African host.
Dikko told the delegates that, “After a 100 years of the Commonwealth Games the cycle cannot be complete without Africa.
”We need to adopt a very proactive, intentional and deliberate decision here today to clearly indicate that the 2034 Commonwealth Games should be reserved for Africa to bid for.”
According to the NSC boss, delegates unanimously backed the proposal, leading to an amendment of the meeting’s official communiqué to state that Africa should be considered to host the 2034 Games.
Dikko also called for reforms, including adding football to the programme and allowing multi-city hosting to improve the event’s financial sustainability.
