NWF Hails Dickson For Sponsoring Wrestlers

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) last  Tuesday commended  Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State for sponsoring  Nigeria’s participation in the ongoing 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France.
The President of NWF, Daniel Igali  told newsmen on telephone from Paris that if not for the gesture, the country’s contingent might have not made the tournament.
“I am indeed thankful to the governor for his enormous contributions to wrestling development.
” I am grateful for this gesture and so also are the wrestlers and board members of NWF.
“The Bayelsa Government came to our rescue with funding. The wrestlers are grateful to Governor  Dickson and the Deputy Governor, Rear Adm. Gboribiogha Jonah for their continuous support.
“We are extremely grateful to the Bayelsa Government, we were almost stranded before the intervention,” he said.
“Without the intervention we would have been incapacitated. This is the second time in six months that the governor is extending a hand of fellowship to the team.
“This gesture has motivated the wrestlers and we are sure something positive will happen.”
It would be recalled that in March, the Bayelsa Government and the Nigeria Army sponsored the nation’s wrestlers to the 2017 Africa Wrestling Championship in Marrakech, Morocco.