...Waya appeals for festival team
By ADO SALISU
THE Special Adviser to Kano state Governor on Sports Development, Alhaji Kabiru Waya has called on the state government to consider honouring athletes who did well in the last National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
Alhaji Waya made the call at a dinner party organised in honour of the players and officials of Shekarau Babes Football Club at the Government House over the weekend.
According to him, organising a reception for the athletes will go along way not only in encouraging them but in keeping the state’s flag flying in future national and international engagements.
He said that the state athletes had done well in the last festival, adding that all these achievement could not be possible without the backing and support of Shekarau-led administration.
‘’The presence of these kids and their parents here is to demonstrate to you how we are encouraging these children to play football, read their books at the same time keep them away from drugs and other social vices. This, indeed, is in line with the dictates and spirit of A Daidaita Sahu’’.
The special adviser however, said that his office has intensified effort towards reviving school sports in the state, adding that already meeting between the ministry of education and sports authority is in top gear towards reviving the competition as the only way to expose the abundant sporting talents ahead of future national and international competitions.
He commended the state government for its unflinching support towards the upliftment of sporting activities in the state.
He then praised the state government for assisting six coaches to undertake courses in coaching, two of whom are assisted for coaching course in Europe- all this is towards the human development programme of this administration, he added.
Alhaji Waya then commended the state chairman of Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON), Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna who is the immediate past chairman of Nassarawa local government area for bringing a lot of positive changes.