Anambra Sports Commission Urged To Harness More Talents
Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has charged the Anambra State Sports Development Commission on engagement programmes to get more people on board to do more for the people in the sports sector.
He gave the charge at a pre-competition press conference for the 2024 edition of Anambra State School Sports Festival.
The governor represented by the Chief of Staff, Ernest Ezeajughi, noted the abundance of sports talents in the state, assuring of his administration’s resolve to bring out the best in children to channel their minds to meaningful ventures which will enable them contribute to societal development.
He Acknowledged the enormous benefits in previous editions of the sports festival, and enjoined relevant stakeholders to key into sports projec to achieve better results for a better future.
Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Agha-Mba, commended Governor Soludo and the Chairman of Anambra State Sports Development Commission, Patrick Onyedum, for their efforts in sports development, which, he noted, has helped in talent cultivation and showcasing of the state to the outside world.
in his address, Chairman of the Sports Commission, Oyedum, described Anambra State Sports Solution Initiative, ANSSI, as the vehicle with which Governor Soludo is revolutionizing sports, adding that within two years of his administration, the glory of Anambra sports is returning at an encouraging speed.
He explained that in 2023, about six hundred primary and secondary schools registered and participated in the sports festival that has been yielding fruitful results, adding that from that festival, young, raw talented children from across Anambra who went to National Youth Games in Asaba and shook the country at that level of sports development were discovered
According to Onyedum, as at the close of registration, about seven hundred and fifty-six primary and secondary Schools have indicated interest to participate in the 2024 edition of the festival.
According to him, as the preparation for this year’s National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State has started, the young and raw talents that will be discovered from the festival will constitute up to eighty-five percent of Anambra team to the Games.
It was gathered that this year, the students will compete in twelve sporting events, including Athletics, Basketball, Chess, Football, Scrabble, Swimming, Table and Lawn tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball, Cricket and Ncho.
The games that will kick off on 2nd May to end on 7th June, will be in three categories of Under-thirteen, Under-fourteen and Under-eighteen community, local government area, senatorial district and state levels.
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