Emir of Zazzau seeks more investments in horse racing
By Mohammed Baba Busu
The Emir of Zazzau in Kaduna State, Amb. Ahmed Bamalli, has called on affluent Nigerians to make investments in horse racing.
“Sports in Nigeria generally need more investments and not just by the government but by those who are wealthy.
“This is very important and we need more of such investments to take horse racing to greater heights,” he said.
Bamalli spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kaduna on the sidelines of the grand finale of the ‘Renewed Hope International Horse Racing Derby’.
NAN also reports that it was themed, ‘Sahel Savannah Series 2025- Grand Finale’.
The epochal event was organised by the Horse Racing Federation of Nigeria (HRFN),as part of its unwavering commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda
The emir said,” Such investments can be made plausibly through Public-Private- partnership (PPP) and they always result in high turn overs in a myriad of ways.”
Bamalli said that investments in sports and particularly in horse racing would create more jobs and drastically curb the disturbing menace of youths restiveness.
He added,”This will also encourage the local breeding of horses,hence curb their massive importation from countries like Argentina and others.
“This will further help in conserving the direly needed foreign exchange and inevitably bolster the economy of the country.”(NAN)
