Niger Delta Sports Festival: Gov. Diri receives winning trophy

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has charged the State contingent that came first in the recently concluded Niger Delta Sports festival held in Uyo, the Akwa-Ibom State capital to also win subsequent editions of the game and other national events.

Governor Diri who gave the charge at the 161st State Executive Council meeting in Yenagoa also commended organizers of the event, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC for putting the games together.

His words: “For the first time in the history of any sporting events for Bayelsa to come first where there is Delta, so, on behalf of council and on behalf of the state, we say a very big thanks to all the officials and all the athletes for winning this maiden edition of the NDDC Niger Delta Sports fiesta.

I also use the opportunity to congratulate the Niger Delta Development Commission for their thoughtfulness of organisng the competition to engage our youths. We want to appreciate the NDDC, if am not wrong, this is the first time a competition of this nature is being organized since the inception of the NDDC.

” It is very welcoming, and this time around, they didn’t even bother the states and all they needed from us was our approval for the competition to be held and they took charge of everything and so, we are very grateful and we believe that this is one area that would engage our youths and our youths will also be happy that the NDDC is engaging them.

Governor Diri had a message for the Bayelsa contingent: “And so, we want to thank all of you who have made this a success and we urge you to know certainly that the competition will not be a one-off competition. I am sure that by next year, they will invite you again and so the moment you have come first, you cannot go back again, that’s what Delta has been doing to us”, he said.

The trophy was presented to Governor Diri by the Commissioner for Sports Development, Honourable Daniel Igali.