By Bassey Ibiatisuho
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno has given approval for the commencement of the Governor's Cup football tournament before the end of the year 2023 as part of his ARISE Agenda for the state.
The Governor gave the express approval while listening to the sectoral presentation on Youths and Sports by the Chairman of Akwa United football club, Elder Paul Bassey who led the discourse of the sub-sector at the ongoing Akwa Ibom Dialogue at Ibom Icon Hotel, Uyo.
In his presentation, Elder Bassey, who served as the Senior Special Assistant on Sports to the former Governor, Udom Emmanuel said the tournament which will help discover football talents across the 31 local government areas of the state will fit into the sports agenda of the Governor.
He also made case for the resumption of the state league as well as the revival of the youths sports competitions, inter secondary school football and athletics competition, and youths sports festivals to provide an opportunity for talent discovery and development.
Elder Bassey called for the continuation of the plan to provide one sports centre in each of the federal constituency in the state and the provision of indoor sports facility in the state, especially at the Nest of Champions, and to encourage the development of other sports other than football.
The need to establish sports academy in the state within the next two years was also emphasized as well as training and retraining of coaches in different areas of sports.
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