Ogun Games: Team Edo Shines at National Sports Festival Opening Ceremony

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… Enabulele urges FG to Sustain Sports Festival

As the Vice President. His Excellency Kashim Shettima officially declared the 22nd National Sports Festival Open in Abeokuta,the Ogun state capital,the Executive chairman Edo state Sports Commission Hon Amadin Desmond Enabulele has urged the Federal Government and states to invest more in the development of sports in the country.

The Edo state sports Commission boss said that money and other resources invested in the development of the youth of the nation is never a waste, insisting that sports remained a part of the pillars that hold the unity of the country.

Hon Enabulele who was speaking with journalists during the colourful ceremony which held at the MKO Abiola International Stadium in Abeokuta, Ogun State, commended the organizers of the Ogun Games and the federal government for sustaining the national sports fiesta which is a fulcrum upon which the unity of Nigeria stands.

He. maintained that the national sports festival is not only about celebration of sports excellence but also the celebration of the existence of Nigeria as a big nation and it’s unity in diversity.

” We are happy to be here and to be a part of the celebration of our dear country and sports. I could feel the strong spirit that goes with sports; the enthusiasm and friendship going with it. It goes to show that whatever resources invested in sports in this country is never a waste. I urge the government at all levels to consciously invest more in sports because it plays a pivotal role in shaping the lives of our children and the society.”

” I will always be grateful to our Governor senator Monday Okpebholo for making it possible for us to participate in this Ogun Games. We will reciprocate his gesture with spectacular performance. Our athletes are in Ogun Games to express themselves and show what we have. We are here to compete clean.” He said.

Meanwhile,team Edo was the center of attraction during the march past, preceding the vice president’s address and declaration as they filed out in a spectacular faction, proudly sporting their traditional attractive red and white tracksuits to add colours to the ceremony.

The Executive Chairman, Edo State Sports Commission Hon Amadin Desmond Enabulele led the large team of the heartbeat state in the exercise

with all members of his board, the Permanent Secretary of the Commission and chairmen of the various sport associations of the state who graced the occasion.

The 22nd National Sports Festival is uniquely spectacular, with the innovative inclusion of Invited Junior Athletes (IJA) in addition to the traditional 36 states and the FCT participating.