About Us

BRIEF HISTORY

Bayelsa State was carved out of the former Rivers State in 1996, and with its creation came the necessity to develop an infrastructure that would foster the growth and development of sports within the newly established state. In response to this need, the Bayelsa State Government established the Bayelsa State Sports Council through the Bayelsa State Sports Council Edict of 1999.

Since its inception, the Sports Council has been tasked with overseeing and promoting amateur sports across the state, ensuring that Bayelsa’s athletes are provided with the necessary resources, facilities, and support to excel. With a dedicated workforce of 312 staff members, the Council has grown into a vital institution, shaping the state’s sports landscape.

The Sports Council’s headquarters is located at the iconic Samson Siasia Stadium, a hub for athletic development and sporting events. Additionally, the Council maintains zonal offices across all eight Local Government Areas of Bayelsa, ensuring that the reach of sports development extends to every corner of the state. This strategic structure allows the Sports Council to effectively manage and promote sporting activities, from grassroots initiatives to elite competition levels.

our Vision

To achieve an athletic environment and a distinguished competitive sports field

OUR MISSION

Organize the sports field and develop all its components, provide modern facilities in order to increase the number of athletes and achieve local and international peculiarity

our core values

Our core values of Strength Through Teamwork, Passion for Sports and Care for People underpin the way we serve our community through sports.

our functions

To encourage the development and organization of sports participations in the state;
To co-ordinate and integrate efforts to raise the standard of performance in sports throughout the state and Nigeria in cooperation with sports councils and national sports commissions of Nigeria;
Promoting, in cooperation with other bodies or sports groups in physical fitness and general well being of all persons in the state;
To organize or assist financially or otherwise, particular in sports at local, state and international level;
To train persons to become sportsmen and instructors in sports;
Conducting and encouraging research into all matters in relation to sports development;
To ensure the participation of all sportsmen where required by local, state, national or international competitions.

our goals

INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
ACHIEVING WORLD CLASS COMPETITIVE SPORT
ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY & QUALITY OF SPORT FACILITIES & STADIUMS
MAINTAINING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SECTOR AND INCREASING ITS CONTRIBUTION IN IMPROVING THE STATE ECONOMY