The House of Representatives on Wednesday advised veteran Nigerian boxer, Bash Ali, to pursue private funding initiatives for his long-awaited Guinness World Record Boxing Championship, while urging relevant government agencies to provide regulatory and logistical support within the limits of their statutory responsibilities.
The resolution followed the consideration and adoption of a report presented by the House Committee on Public Petitions, chaired by Mr Kwamoti Bitrus, on a petition filed by the former cruiserweight champion against the National Sports Commission.
Ali, who is seeking to become the oldest boxer in history to fight in a professional championship bout, has spent more than two decades campaigning for the staging of the proposed Guinness World Record fight in Nigeria.
Presenting the committee’s report during plenary, Bitrus said the petitioner alleged acts of sabotage and administrative impediments by officials of the National Sports Commission, which he claimed had frustrated efforts to actualise the
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