By Nneka Anoliefo,
Tony Collins Nwabunwanne, the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, has praised the efforts of Governor Chukwuma Soludo for Championing the cause of the School Festival Competition in Anambra State.
The Commissioner gave the Commendation during the first Solution School Festival Competition organized by The Anambra Solution Initiative at the SSG conference Hall, Awka.
Commissioner Nwabunwanne, who appreciated the efforts of Governor Chukwuma Soludo for Championing the cause of the School Festival Competition also extolled the organisers and Students for their doggedness towards the success of the Festival.
The Local Government Boss explained that with the School Festival Competition that the Change Mr Governor is looking for has comensed pointing out that the change will bring the desired Change Mr Governor is looking for in School Sports festival.
While enumerating the benefits of Sports festival to includes Better performance, fitness, Social life and Discipline among others assured them the ministry of Local Government Support to ensure the success of the program by catching the young Althletics young.
He encouraged the Participants to take the sports festival Competition Seriously as Mr Governor is interested in it while describing Anambra Township stadium as one of the best in the country.
In his welcome address, the Chairman Anambra State Sports Development Commission, Mr Patrick Estate Onyedum thanked Mr Governor for approving, the first Solution Sports festival for Primary and Secondary Schools in both the public and private Sectors for more than 10 years now, explaining that the State Management Agency of the government signed it into law in 2018 by the Anambra state House of Assembly and domiciled in the office of the governor.
Mr Onyedum also made it known that a total of 610 schools including primary and secondary Schools across the 21 local government Areas of the state have enrolled to participate in the festival.
He hinted that the festival is designed to touch every Community., explaining ,that is why they started the preliminary at the community level.pointing out that any school that wins at this stage will in turn complete to emerge as their local government representative, where will In turn complete at the seatorial District levels.
Mr Onyedum was confident that at the end of the school Festival Competition,the state would eraised a generation of young athletic that would surprise the Country at National Youth Games Scheduled for September this year at the National Sports Festival slated for Ogun State next year.
He announced that Sports Commission has entered into agreement with institutions of higher learning in Europe and America which will offer Scholarship to talented Students.
The Commissioner for Education, Professor Ngozi Chuma Ude Educated the participants on how the sports helps the body to reach the maximum Enlargement some areas of development Cognitive, Effective among others#