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By Zacchaeus Ozovehe.
The Chairman of Kogi State Sports Council, Hon. Isa Abdulmaliki Dolly has assured the youths of the state of creative engagement through sporting activities in the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello.
Hon. Dolly made this disclosure recently in Lokoja at the Confluence Stadium while embarking on his routine inspection of government’s sport facilities across the state.
According to him, the youthful Governor has vowed not to relent on his electoral promises of repositioning the sport sector, a disposition which he said has led the state’s contingents to win many bronze and silver in various tournaments across the federation.
“Governor Bello has boosted the morale of the state athletes and he deserves our accolades. His love for sport has been demonstrated through the priority which he accorded to the revival of various erstwhile sporting events in the state.
“In the coming days, there would be state-sponsored inter local government sports competition, inter school competition and Kogi State Sport festival. All these will be geared towards boosting our economic activities and foster unity among the various segments of the state”, Hon. Dolly averred.
The Council Chairman equally disclosed that preparations are on top gear for Kogi State contingents to actively participate in the proposed National Sport Festival scheduled to take place in the year 2018. Kogi State, he stressed, cannot afford to relent on the laurels it has garnered since the inception of this administration.
The visibly excited staff of the council, while appreciating the affable disposition of the Council Chairman, pledged to complement his efforts geared towards sport development in the state.
In their various submissions, they expressed readiness to bring forth creative ideas to execute the lofty dreams Governor Yahaya Bello has for sport in his New Direction blueprint.
Present at the inspection were the coaches of table tennis, wrestling and others.
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