Okowa To Declare 2nd ALGON Sports Festival Open

Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, will today declare open the 2nd edition of the Delta State local governments sports festival.

A statement signed by the state association of Local Government Organization of Nigeria, (ALGON) chairman, Hon. Victor Ebonka said the councils set up the festival to drive grassroot sports development in the communities.

To further drive home that point that sport can be used to transform lives, ALGON Delta is organizing the 2nd edition of the festival taking place from 14th to the 16th of February, 2023 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.

The first edition which took place between 6th and 8th July 2021 in Asaba featured athletics events with Oshimili south local government winning the maiden edition and Warri south local government finishing second.

The statement further said that almost all the talents discovered during the first edition viz; Ayenuro Tate; Chukwuma Obim and David Ashe were part of the Delta State contingent to the last National Youth Games held in Ilorin, Kwara State.

while some took part in the National trials for the African Youth Games held in Morocco in 2022.