The Government of Delta
State has been playing a leading role in sports development in the country, the
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has said.
Dare who disclosed this yesterday during a courtesy call on the
Delta governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa at Government House, Asaba, noted that
the state has been doing great exploits in sporting activities.
According to him, the state performed excellently
well during the National Youth Sports Festival held in Illori, Kwara State.
The Minister
noted that he has seen consistency in sports development in Delta State since
Senator Okowa became the governor of the state.
He
stated that his team was in the state to identify with Governor Okowa's efforts
towards sports development.
"As
a country and as a Ministry, all our plans are going on smoothly for 2020
Olympics," the Minister said, pointing out that a good number of the
athletes that they were preparing for the world sporting events were from Delta
State.
The
Minister who was accompanied by the Director-General of the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, commended Okowa for
making the NYSC orientation camp in the state one of the best in the country.
Receiving
the Minister and his entourage, Governor Okowa said that the state was very
passionate in promoting sporting activities through sports development.
Okowa
stated that the state government had institutionalized Headmasters' cup,
Principals' cup and school sports festival with a view to harnessing the sports
potentials in the state.
While
expressing hope that everything was ready for the 2020 National Sports Festival
in Edo State, the governor said that the state would give the needed support to
its team to enable them to excel.
"We
are going to give the needed support to our team. It is our hope that Delta
State would host the next edition of the National Sports Festival," the
governor stated, even as he expressed hope that Nigeria would do better in the
2020 Olympics.
At
the end of the visit, the minister and his entourage moved to the Stephen Keshi
stadium, Asaba where they were conducted round various facilities at the
stadium by the Chairman, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick;
Chief Solomon Ogba and the Chairman, Delta State Sports Commission, Chief
Toniobok Okowa.
Earlier,
Governor Okowa received the torch of unity for the 2020 National Sports
Festival at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.
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