In Abia State’s hunt for young sporting talents, Governor Alex Otti has urged the council mayors to motivate the youths with modern sporting facilities.
Otti spoke at the closing ceremony of the 2nd edition of the Abia State Governor’s Secondary Schools Unity Games in Umuahia, the state capital.
Represented by his chief of staff, Caleb Ajagba, Otti said the government would assist such talents to reach the pinnacle of their dream.
He said: “I want to challenge the Mayors to make sure that you have sporting facilities that will be able to motivate these young ones to give their best.
”We are confident that as you (the young athletes) have started today in a very small way, tomorrow a great story will be told concerning you.
”So do not underrate what you are doing because there is a seed of greatness in you and tomorrow the world will be celebrating that greatness,”
Speaking, the commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Nwobilor Ananaba asserted that “a lot of young talents have been identified”.
”The government will nurture the talents to ensure they become professionals who would in future represent the state and the country at large,” he added.
In an interview, the state director of Sports, George Obioma.
said the games witnessed high turnout of participants and improvement on the 1st edition held last year.
Team Ikwuano topped the table of the 3-day games with 131 medals, followed by Umunneochi 74, and the maiden edition’s champion, Umuahia North 53.
