Daly Promises New Direction for Sports Ministry

Exciting changes are on the horizon for the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Across the country, sporting facilities have been in various states of disrepair, and athletes have struggled to secure funding to follow their dreams. But according to the newly appointed Minister of State, Devin Daly, a new era of transformation is beginning. We spoke with Daly earlier today about his and Minister of Youth and Sports Anthony Mahler’s ambitious plans to revamp the ministry. Here’s more on that.

 

Britney Gordon

“What other initiatives can we expect to begin to roll out?”

 

On the Phone: Devin Daly, Minister of State, Youth and Sports

“The development of sports has two parts of it. It has the physical part whereby, there is competition and there is development starting at the youth stages. And there’s also the development and upkeep of facilities. Our primary focus at this time is getting the facilities up to standard. And that, we’re currently doing an assessment countrywide, and we’ve started inBelzie City. And so that’s just a part of our mandate, dealing with the development of the facilities and then rolling that out with collaboration with the federations.”

 

Britney Gordon

“What are some of the challenges that you’ve encountered upon attempting to begin this work and how are you navigating that?”

 

On the Phone: Devin Daly

“So far we’ve been getting the necessary assistance that we need to carry out these changes in the ministry and for NSC. And so far the staff has been very cooperative with the new vision and the new idea led by Minister Mahler and myself.”