Abuja, Jan. 25, 2025 (NAN) Education Stakeholders comprising Schools Principals and Teachers Union and their Sports counterparts have congratulated sports entrepreneur Hon.Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe for successfully hosting the Inter-secondary School Athletics Championships and Principals Cup football games in Gombe.
The commendation led by Government Day secondary school principal and chairman of Union of Schools Principals Abubakar Sadiq Sulaiman said, Gombe schools have enjoyed a week long successful sports competitions with huge number of students from 73 schools from the 11 Local Government Areas of the state.
Sulaiman who is also a member of the Main Organising Committee (MOC) said, the joy the competition brought to the teeming Youth of Gombe State will linger for a long time following the anticipated talents discovery in the value chain.
He expressed gratitude to the Sponsor for thinking it wise to engage the Youth of Gombe State and distract them from vices on the streets and in some schools for a lifetime sports career.
Also in his commendation, Nigeria’s Basketball legend and retired permanent secretary in the State’s civil service, Kawo, said, Gara Gombe has changed the narratives in the State sports sector by sponsoring a competition that took about 3,525 Youth off the street to pursue a career in sports.
“This used to happen in the past, but today, this man has given the sports sector a new meaning which all sports loving Stakeholders should support”.
He appealed to all sports stakeholders to rally round Gara Gombe to avoid the state placing a distant last at most of the National Sports Festivals held in the past.
According to Kawo, this is the time to rekindle the fire of sports in Gombe to be where it ought to be following Hon. Gara Gombe’s example.
It was commendation galore from the Nigerian Union of Teachers, National Association of Technical Officials (NAATO), Association of Secondary schools Games masters and Students Union of Secondary schools in the State.
The weeklong athletics and Principals Cup competition will finally draw the curtain on Saturday at the Pantami Stadium featuring the finals of football match and 4×100m and 4×400m relays for invited Tertiary institutions. (NAN)
