Governor Yahaya Bello has offered full State Government Scholarship up to higher institution level to the Kogi State under 12 and 18 male and female handballers who returned home with prizes from the just concluded Handball Tournament held in Lagos.
The Governor also thanked them for representing the State and making the State proud as he noted that they were well deserving of every encomium.
Governor Bello made this known on Wednesday at the Banquet Hall of the State Government House while receiving the teams that won the bronze trophy and under 18 female and male that won the bronze and gold trophy respectively.
The Governor expressed that the occasion was a special moment where every one has gathered to celebrate hard work, integrity and also recognise and uplift the young ones who have made the State proud.
Governor Bello affirmed that although children were regarded to as the leaders of tomorrow, their victory has however validated that they were truly the leaders of today.
He thanked the teams and their coaches for their efforts and hard work invested into ensuring a successful and victorious outing at the competition.
While Governor Bello noted that the young ones have clearly shown believe in themselves, he also inspired them to remain steadfast to achieve whatever they set out to do.
He however charged them against acts of thuggery or criminality and again assured them as ambassadors in Government they would not be disappointed.
He mentioned that his Government in the few years of its administration has achieved more than the past 16 years of misrule by the former party government affirming that it could only get better.
He also expressed that as a sport lover, he was committed to ensuring the gross development of other sporting activities so as to further consolidate on the gains in the sport sector in the last three years.
Governor Bello similarly thanked the Commissioner of Youths and Sports Development, Honuorable Salisu Ogu, whom he said has clearly shown capacity to achieve results.
He used the medium to call on well meaning individuals to support the youth and sport sector so as to grow the nation.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Honourable Salisu Ogu acknowledged that the success recorded by the ministry was solely a function of the Governor’s commitment to supporting the sector which he always said was his constituency.
He affirmed that the youth and sport sector of the State was unarguably emerging as a pacesetter and a role model for other States of the country.
Honourable Ogu pointed out that this success story was confirmed in recently as the State was given the right to host the forthcoming Under 12 and 18 handball tournament.
He further stated that Governor Bello’s reign was the biggest thing that happened to the section which has clearly been portrayed in the numerous success stories which the New Direction Government has recorded.
