IMO DEPUTY GOVERNOR SETS COMMITTEE FOR INTER-CAMPUS FOOTBALL TOURNEY

His Excellency the Deputy Governor of Imo State in a photo pose with the newly inaugurated committee on Prince Eze Madumere Inter-Campus Football Competition led by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Emeka Ajih who is the Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on Special Duties. Others Uche Onwuchekwa, Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on Media,  are Solomon Onu (Solo Mourinho), Chairman of Sports Writers Association, Imo State, Sports Director of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Mr. John Nwaogu, Council of Students Union Governments of High Institutions in Imo among others..

Imo state deputy governor, Prince Eze Madumere yesterday set up a committee for an inter-campus football competition, reiterating the Rescue Mission Government’s determination to rid Imo youths of crimes and other vices through engaging them in sporting activities.

Madumere who performed the inauguration of  19 man  committee to ensure the success of Prince Eze Madumere Inter-Campus Football Competition among  seven high institutions in the state in his office yesterday  said the football  competition is designed to give the youth a platform  to succeed , keep them away from crimes and unearth hidden talents  for development and employment.

According to him, sport is a strong  unifying sporting activity  in the country, but regretted the dearth of  sporting activities in the institutions of higher learning, which used to be a tradition to fish out talents for development.

He pointed out  that our higher  institutions parade hidden  talents  and urged investors to join in charting a road map towards  development of sports in the universities  and other institutes of higher learning.

He advised the committee to ensure the mobilization of all  the youths in  the higher institutions  for the competition .

In his vote of thanks ,the committee chairman and Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on Special Duties, Hon. Emeka Ajih thanked Prince Madumere for choosing them for such task and promised on behalf of his members to actualize the set objectives . The committee consists of students leaders, Sports Managers & Trainers, Event Managers among others.

The competition tagged Prince Eze Madumere inter campus sport competition is an initiative of Eze Madumere Foundation.