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ENUGU State Government says it will focus more on grassroots sports to fish out talents that will win laurels in national and international competitions.
The Special Adviser to Enugu State Governor on Special Duties, Uwakwe Azikiwe, made the disclosure in Enugu on Wednesday at the closing ceremony of the Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi football tournament tagged `Gburugburu All Public Secondary Schools Football Championship’.
Azikiwe who stood in for the governor at the event expressed dismay at the dearth of athletes and footballers across the country.
The special adviser said that the government would keep organizing the championship annually to fish out young people that were talented.
According to him, it was through grassroots sports that the likes of Jay-jay Okocha and Innocent Egbunike were discovered to play at international levels. “We are also going to accommodate other sports as the time goes on,’’ he said.
Azikiwe commended organizers of the tournament for a job well done and appealed to the private sector to support sports development in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2017/2018 championship which was played at the main bowl of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu kicked off in September, 2017.
The National Grammar School, Nike emerged champions of the male football tournament by trashing Maryland Secondary School, Agbani 4-0.
The Rosary High School, Awgu defeated Community Secondary School, Okpanku 2-0 to win the trophy in the female category.
The championship was organized by the state’s Ministry of Youths and Sports in conjunction with Post Primary School Management Board and Science Technical Vocational Schools Management Board. (NAN)
– Mar. 7, 2018 @ 14:49 GMT |
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