RSG Partner SWAN For School Sports Development

Rivers State Government has expressed  commitment to partner Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Rivers State chapter towards development of school sports in the state.
The Special Adviser (SA) to the State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, on school Sports, Aribitonye Okiri stated that it is important to partner  SWAN to achieve the desired results.
Okiri, said this at the weekend in a media parley with members of  the association at the Ernest Ikoli  Press Center, Moscow Road, Port Harcourt.
He explained that government is poised to bring back school sports as it was in 1970s, saying that sports create wealth.
“ School sports is dead in our schools. I want to say that SWAN has important role to play in terms of sports  development”, Okiri said.
According to him, the state  government has the youth at heart as to redirect them to sporting activities, adding that the  focus is not going to be football only.
“ With sports activities in our school, crime and poverty rate will be drastically reduced  in our society. We can use the power of sports to create wealth”,  he said.
The Special Assistant, noted  that there are a lot of talents at the rural areas that are begging for help, but with  SWAN partnership hidden talents would be exposed to limelight.
He disclosed that his office would draw up a time table for  school sports, so that there would be  competitions to discover hidden talents. He used the medium to appeal to well meaning individuals, cooperate bodies  and multi-nationals to support the government to sponsor sporting activities in the state. .

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