We will still be happy if we don’t win any NYG medal, Akwa Ibom official says vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Paul Bassey, an Akwa Ibom state government official, says winning or not winning medals is not a problem for the state’s contingent to the ongoing 5th National Youth Games .Bassey, the Special Assistant on Sports to Gov. Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom, said on Thursday in Ilorin that discovery of new athletes was rather their target.
Bassey said they were more concerned with the state’s youths being exposed and to be nurtured into stardom later by the state. “He has emphasised the need for grassroots development, because those of us who are old enough to know what happened 20 to 30 years ago knew that Nigeria had stars in all spheres.“So, he has laid emphasis on youths and sports development, and this is what led to the State Sports Festival which we hold every year,’’ he said.“For us to come here, first of all, we have exposed the youths, and then we can nurture them afterwards.
He, however, did not fail to point out that they were still going to pose some challenge to other athletes from other states.`We are here to compete in the spirit of competition and secondly to see how we can help to produce golden athletes that would in the next five or six years represent this country in international competitions.’’“We have post-Games programmes for them since they are in schools. We bring them together during holidays to train them.
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