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White House Leads At Special School Inter-House Meet
The White House emerged overall winners of the inter-house sports competition of Special School, UBE section in Port Harcourt with 160 points.
Yellow House came second, with 142 points while Green House and Red House scored 134 points and 92 points to come third and fourth, respectively.
Speaking at the event, the State Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi commended the school authority for the event arrived at given the handicapped children a since of belonging, and urged them to continue to encourage the spirit of good sportsmanship.
The commissioner who was represented by a Director in the ministry, Mr Lawrence Obomanu, promised to deliver the requests of the school to the appropriate authorities for prompt action and also expressed satisfaction over the performances of the students, urging them to keep up the spirit in future events.
Earlier, the principal of the school, Mr Blessing Onwuegbuchu called on the state government to provide adequate sporting facilities and equipment for the school, pointing out that lack of teachers, accommodation, classrooms, side bay, library, laboratory, speech therapy clinic and school buses are some of the challenges facing the school.
She said that the Inter-House Sports was aimed at discovering talents in the institution which according to him abounds in the school, and also to give the children all round education for the development of their cognitive, effective and psychomotor domains.”
The principal lauded the state governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Aamechi, the Federal Government and the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Bard (RSUBEB) for providing instructional materials and renovation of some buildings in the school through the Federal Government and UBE Intervention Fund.
Iwobi spoke to Tidesports source ahead of Nigeria’s crunch playoff semi-final against Gabon on Thursday, November 13, in Rabat, Morocco.
The 28-year-old was reacting to Nigeria’s shaky World Cup qualifying campaign that saw the Eagles finish second in Group C behind South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.
“We’ve managed to rescue ourselves from the dead,” Iwobi told Tidesports source.
We know we have the players and the abilities to compete against any other country in the world.”
The Fulham star pointed to Nigeria’s star power, highlighting African Footballer of the Year winners Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen as proof of the squad’s quality.
“We have last year’s African best player (Ademola Lookman), the year before that (Victor Osimhen),” he said.
“It’ll be a shame if we don’t make it, but we have a lot of confidence. We just have to prove it to ourselves.”
Nigeria’s path to the United States, Canada and Mexico has been turbulent, with two coaches departing during the early stages of qualifying before Éric Chelle steadied the ship to steer the Super Eagles into November’s CAF playoffs.
Four nations from the continent – Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon – will vie for a solitary spot to compete in next March’s inter-confederation playoffs, with a view to joining the already nine qualified African nations at the Finals.
It would mark Iwobi’s second appearance at the World Cup Finals and the Super Eagles’ first since the 2018 edition of the competition.
Back then, Iwobi featured in all three games as Nigeria was knocked out in the group stage.
The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) and Publisher of the Atlantic Bell Online medium, Mr. Celestine Ogolo has advised sports writers in Nigeria to diversify in sports writing and not to concentrate on football reporting alone.
The Deputy National President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Mr. Bonny Nyong has expressed commitment to support sports development and move SWAN forward.