17th NSF: Rivers Athletes Allowances Ready For Payment

Remunerations and other entitlements due to athletes, coaches and other members of  Team Rivers, the Rivers State contingent for the 17th National Sports Festival tagged “Garden City Games 2010” billed to hold in Port Harcourt later in the year have been approved and ready to be disbursed to them.       

Chairman of the Local Organising Committee LOC and Vice Chairman of the Main Organizing Committee (MOC), Engr. Tele Ikuru, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a meeting of the Committee in Port Harcourt.

Represented by the Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Bestman Nwoka, Engr. Ikuru said that the athletes were set to proceed to camp next Monday, June 28,2010, saying “every necessary arrangement has been made and the backlog of remunerations due to the players and the coaches have been approved”.

According to Engr. Ikuru, who is also the State Deputy Governor, the sports facilities at the University of Port Harcourt will be used for the training of the athletes, announcing that “we have reached a compromise and the managers have been co-opted and are ready to go to camp with the athletes”.

Acknowledging that work on the new facilities had suffered a setback due to the inclement weather, the LOC Chairman said that other options were being explored to ensure that preparations were on course to meet set objectives.

He reassured all Rivers people and indeed Nigerians that “we’re prepared to host the festival come November,” adding that other aspects of the preparations for the event would soon be rolled out, stressing that “we’re working tirelessly to achieve our stated objectives”.