Pecohub Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said that his state’s contingent to the second Niger Delta Games billed to hold in Benin, Edo State, will do better than their seventh position finish at the maiden edition of the games in Uyo last year.
Speaking through the Secretary to the Abia State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Meribole, while receiving the Niger Delta Games torch, yesterday, Otti said that the state has made necessary preparations to draw a decent performance at the games starting from February 20 to 27.
The torch was conveyed to Umuahia by one of the Games ambassadors, Joseph Edidiong, who brought it in from Akwa Ibom.
Edidiong, a weightlifter clad in the colourful Akwa Ibom tracksuit arrived Umuahia Township Stadium and was met by Abia State Sports Commissioner, Nwaobilor Ananaba, who is also the chairman of the State’s Liaison Committee.
Ananaba, then led the procession to the Government House where they were received by Meribole in company of Pastor Caleb Ajagba, the Chief of Staff at Government House.
Otti charged the athletes to compete with courage and win fairly and congratulated the nine states of the region for being the first to have their own regional multi-sports competition.
He expressed the expectation that the region will extend its dominance in discovering and raising athletes for the country.
Otti went on to commend the leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for accepting to sponsor the games as designed and implemented by Dunamis-Icon Limited.
