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RSG Set To Host School Sports Competition Soon
Rivers State Government has reiterates its commitment to host schools sports competitions in August this year, to boost grassroots sports development with the view to discover hidden talents.
The State Commissioner of sports Barrister Christopher Green, disclosed this on Saturday, in an interview with sports journalists, at the final of Strata base open national Karate Championship, held at Alfred Diete Spiff Sports Complex, Moscow road in Port Harcourt.
He said the intention of the State was to bring back sporting activities, as it used to be back in the days.
” Our intention was to catch them young and groom them to stardom. Three months from now we are going to organise school sports, where we can identify talents.
“In those days the likes of Oriji and Ken Saro Wiwa Cup were avenues to discover talents, we are now going back to organise such competitions.
” Apart from that we are also going to host Public Service games, this is coming up in November this year too”, Barrister Green said.
According to him, every corporate organisation that sponsored any sports competition would have something in returns.
” I want to say that since the inception of this administration led by Sir Siminialayi Fubara the State have being doing well tremendously and sporting activities is almost at the peak” he stated.
Tonye Orabere