The Federal Government will establish nine Sports and Education Centres of Excellence across the country as part of the newly launched National Sports and Education Excellence Programme (N-SEEP), the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has announced. Alausa unveiled the programme alongside the Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko, during a committee presentation in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the Minister, the first phase of implementation will commence this year in four tertiary institutions, with the remaining centres to be rolled out in subsequent phases. Through this initiative, we are producing athletes who will also become coaches, sports scientists, physiotherapists, administrators, entrepreneurs, researchers and innovators. In his remark, the Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Hon.