Heavenly gifted and hard working Co-Chairman of the maiden Niger Delta Sports Festival, Itiako Ikpokpo has said that athletes discovered from the Niger Delta sports festival, will be specially, well Nurtured and groomed for the future.
He made this assertion recently while speaking to Sports Journalists at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
Itiako explained that those so far discovered were between ages of 14 and 21 years, adding that the talent Scouting and Mentoring Committee would be in charge of grooming the discovered promising athletes to become future champions.
“I want to appeal to government and corporate bodies to invest heavily in sports development, especially sports men and women, stating that sports has gone beyond recreation and past time to a serious business enterprise”, he said.
” I want to graciously thank the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission for agreeing to support this wonderful regional sports festival which has created a great platform for talented athletes to be discovered from the area, I want assure us that the organizers are working tirelessly towards making subsequent editions bigger and better”, he added .