Opposition Member of Parliament, Jermaine Figueira on Tuesday evening hailed Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, as the right man for the job.
“Let me take this opportunity to congratulate the Director of Sport, the long-awaited position; I think the best man has gotten the position,” Figueira told the House.
Figueira, who shadows the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, made the comments during his interrogation of the expenditure and figures allocated in the Ministry’s $3.2B budget for sports.
Ninvalle, a former Member of Parliament in a previous People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government, was at the time present in the National Assembly to answer and give clarity on matters about the National Sports Commission.

Ninvalle replaced former Director, now Opposition Chief Whip, Christopher Jones, as the country’s Director of Sport in May 2021.
Chairman of the NSC, Kashif Muhammad, said the National Award-winning sports administrator’s distinguished background helped to influence the Commission’s decision in naming him to lead the important body that’s responsible for the development of sports in Guyana.
The country’s National Sports Commission Act outlines the Director of Sport as being the “Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, and subject to any general or specific directions of the Commission, to be responsible to the Commission for ensuring that the functions of the Commission are properly discharged and objectives achieved.”
According to the May 20 Official Gazette, Muhammad will chair the commission, which also includes Guyana Lawn Tennis Association president, Cristy Campbell; Guyana Cricket Board president, Bissoondyal Singh; Guyana Hockey Board president, Phillip Fernandes; chartered accountant, Chetram Ramdihal and Dellon Davidson.