The performance of West African countries at the last ECOWAS Games and the June 2012 London Olympic Games, as well as the process of restructuring/ dissolution of the Supreme Council For Sports In Africa (SCSA) would dominate deliberations of the ministers of Sports of the West African sub-region, who are currently meeting in Abuja. An SCSA extra-ordinary meeting held in Brazaville, Republic of Congo on November 9, 2012 had based on the directives of the African Union, ordered the secretariat of the Supreme Council For Sports in Africa (SCSA) to make available all documents, resolutions and reports regarding the SCSA restructuring/dissolution to allow member countries consult with their respective heads of state/governments and take positions before the next meeting of the extraordinary general assembly in Cote d’Ivoire. Declaring the meeting open on Tuesday in Abuja, Minister of Sports/Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Abdulahi told the visiting Sports ministers from West Africa zones 2 and 3, comprising Togo, Mali, Senegal, and Cote d’Ivoire, that the meeting would determine and harmonise the zone’s position on the planned restructuring /dissolution of the SCSA when they meet in Cote d’Ivoire. Abdullahi urged the zone to come together as one force and speak as a block in the African Union meeting of Sports ministers. The minister revealed that the meeting would also deliberate on other fundamental issues that affects the zone, listing access to sports as a common fundamental human right for all, promoting investment in sports and physical education programme, as well as, preserving the integrity of sports. He congratulated the West African countries for their teams’ performance at the just concluded CAF African Cup of Nations, where the sub region produced all the four semifinalists. “This meeting was convened specifically to discuss our position on the restructuring/dissolution of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) before our next African Union Sports Ministers meeting, which is expected to come up in Cote d’Ivoire. We should now harmonize the position of SCSA zone 2 and 3 to assist us present a common position in Cote d’Ivoire,” the minister stated.