Rivers to Begin Camping After Nigeria Festival
Mr. Boma Iyaye, the Rivers State Commissioner for sports said to prepare for the National Sports Festival that athletes discovered at the on-going state sports festival would commence camping immediately. He said such athletes would be certified by State Sports Council to have met the minimum standard set before being called to camp. He told sports writer in Port Harcourt yesterday.
Mr. Iyaye said “”When we discover these talents, there is a minimum standard set up for such athletes to meet before being called to camp. If we get athletes that meet this minimum standard, we take them to camp immediately to start preparations for the National Sports Festival”.
If some of the athletes that do not meet the minimum standard would be groomed, taken for the future events exposure to the National Sports Festival. Mr. Iyaye said in an on-going sports festival, people were excited being part of the festival and part in the games. He said that his impression generally is the excitement of River’s people and the spectators watching these events.
It showed that new talents have been discovered by the officials stressing that the purpose of the games were being achieved. Some athletes taken to the National Sports Festival exposure for future events if did not meet the standard. In the past seven years that the games did not hold, so they are very excited.
