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By Madu Obi
The Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor has expressed Governor Chukwuma Soludo's commitment towards giving sports a prime place in the state.
Receiving members of the state branch of the Sports Writers Association (SWAN), who paid him a courtesy call , Mefor noted that with the return of school sports, the governor is already making way for sports excellence in the near future.
According to him, the performance of Team Anambra in the just concluded National Youth Games, where Anambra bagged nine gold, nine silver and eight bronze is a testament of the governor's good works in sports development.
"I notice that Anambra State is returning in field tracks. The school games is already yielding results. There's need to catch them young to be doing well in sports and that's what Governor Soludo is doing in Anambra State. He is making way for sports excellence in the next five years and more.
More facilities will be put in place and we need to encourage more people to board the tracks. Apart from being a veritable source of employment, sports keeps the youths occupied as an idle mind is a devil's workshop.
Looking at what cultism and drug abuse are doing to the society, we need to create alternative positive actions that can be rewarding and engage the youths," the Commissioner said.
He expressed the ministry's readiness to partner with SWAN, and urged the members to make formal requests regarding the installation of the Governor as their grand patron as obtainable in other states.
In his speech, the SWAN chairman in Anambra State, Chimezie Anaso expressed the association's commitment towards promoting Governor Soludo's administration through positive reportage of his strides in the sports sector.
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