Rivers To Host School Sports Festival, October

The Rivers Commissioner for Sports, Mr Fred Igwe, has said that the state will host the 5th National Schools Sports Festival in October.

He said in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the Games would be for primary, junior secondary and senior secondary schools students.

Igwe said the state would host its own schools sports festival to select pupils and students that would represent it at the national event.

He, however, did not give the date when the national event will hold but said the state’s festival would precede the competition in October.

“This is necessary to ensure we present a remarkable team to represent the state as host and also as a source for seeking young talents to represent the country in the future,” he said.

Igwe said School Sports would serve as an avenue to groom the next generation of Nigerian athletes.

He said that the ability to groom school children into maturity and sustaining them would make the country win medals in future international Games.

The commissioner said the state was already working on the proposed Sports Policy which entails drastic development of sports at the grassroots.