Sequel to his appointment as Nigeria’s Sports Minister by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, John Owan Enoh, known with the acronym JOE, is now the new boss in the Sports Sector.
He becomes the 36th person to occupy Nigerian sports since Chief Joseph Modupe Johnson (JMJ) in 1960.
The new sports minister was a senator representing the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State in the 8th assembly that ran from 2015 to 2019.
He was also a member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) until May 2017 when he decamped to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
He contested the governorship position but lost to Ben Ayade.
Apart from politics, Enoh own numerous farms where he conducts arable and livestock production.
Farming venture he started 2000 has as at 2021 since cultivated about 2000 hectares of cultivated lands.
Enoh’s farm spreads across various parts of Cross River State. About 150 hectares of planted palms in his native Agbokim Waterfalls; and expanding to about 100 hectares of planted palms, and counting, at Etara-Ekuri. All communities in Etung LGA of Cross River State, where the politician hails.
Enoh is said to operate an out-grower scheme in communities where his farms are located. The out-grower scheme is a corporate social responsibility scheme that empowers local small scale farmers with arable and livestock to grow in their farms and later provides them with the market to sell these products.
As Farmer Chief Enoh would expected to nurture the fledgling Nigerian Sports sector to prosperity.
A lot is to be done in sports, as he is expected to rely existing achievement on Sports Business which would make Nigeria Sports remain financial independent started by predicessor Sunday Dare