Former international football icon and now President, George M. Weah, says he would ‘expand sports’ across the country as one of his government’s four pillars of development, though he did not elaborate. The president’s brief announcement to “Expand Sports” was made on Monday, January 29, in his first state of the nation’s address to the legislature at the William R. Tolbert Joint Chambers at the Capitol Building. The development of sports in the country is the responsibility of the Ministry of Youth and Sports – the policy and implementing political arm of the government. The sporting codes include football, athletics, basketball, kickball, volleyball, table tennis, lawn tennis, golf, karate, Taekwondo, Wushu, boxing, handball, netball, cricket, among others. Many sports enthusiasts say a successful national unity campaign will be more enduring if the Chief Patron of Sports uses sports as a medium.

Source: Daily Observer January 31, 2018 02:03 UTC