The chairman of the Main Organizing
Committee of the maiden Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF), Alabor Boma Iyaye
has said that the purpose of the oil rich region Sports festival has
been achieved.
The Niger Delta Sports Festival MOC boss made the
disclosure on Monday, April 7, 2025 during a press conference at the
Godswill Akpabio stadium in Uyo, stating enthusiastically that over five
hundred (500) talented young athletes have been discovered for nurturing during
the eight days event.
He said that the organisers of the maiden Niger Delta
Sports Festival NDDC and Dunamis Icon Limited are satisfied with the outcome,
considering the excitement of the youths, the level of participation; the
friendship and bonding already established among the nine states of the region,
assuring that the MOC has recommended a bianial meet and sustainability
of the festival for the region.
“We are having the first ever Niger Delta Sports
Festival and we will love to sustain it. A good product should be preserved.
The main objective is to create career opportunities for our youth. We must
continue to appreciate the power of sports in ensuing social engineering in the
society.
Sports is a veritable tool for greatness. Sports can
take unknown athletes from remote villages to international recognition and
fame.
“As a commision we find it necessary to use the spot
festival as a platform for youths empowerment.
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