The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Sports, Dr Emmanuel Alex-Hart has reaffirmed Government’s commitment to sports development at all levels in the State.
Dr. Alex-Hart said, the ministry will not relent on its role in sports and educational development of youths of the State since education is the bed rock for national development.
He stated this while receiving a first stroke outboard engine for use to ease the transportation needs of students and management of the Sports Institute Isaka, from Steag Encotec West Africa Ltd in his office recently.
He lauded SEWA for providing the engine for use on the waterway to Isaka, were the sports institute is situated. “This engine will go a long way by easing the logistics needs of students and staff of the institute who frequents the waterway that separate the institution from the state capital’’, he said.
The Director of SEWA, Mr Stanley Obia, said the provision of the engine was necessary to play its part because the company recognizes the immense role sports play in society.
“We appreciate the important role sports play in society. As a way to boost this role we were motivated to ease the difficulty students and management encounter in attending school at the sports institute,’’ he stated.
The Director of the Institute, Mr J J Kio, expressed gratitude for the kind gesture of SEWA adding that many staff and student face challenges of coming to school because of the transportation system. ‘‘This engine will go a long way to ease transportation,’’ Mr. Kio noted
River State Government Press Release
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