Bayelsa state would this week (December 13) bubble with a first of it’s kind sports submit to be held at the Lady Diama Memorial Event Place in Yenagoa.
The event which is being sponsored by Sports facilities outfit Monimichelle would be attracting Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, ex internationals, royal fathers, the media and other stakeholders.
CEO of Monimichelle, Ebi Egbe in a statement made available to the media in Lagos shortly before jetting out to Europe on a business trip stated that the submit is being put together in a bid to take Bayelsa sports to the next level and to compliment the great efforts being made by the state government to develop sports in the state.
Egbe who stressed that the submit is none political disclosed that veteran football administrator, Dr Peter Singabele would serve as chairman of the submit, while Gov Dickson would be the Special Guest of Honor.
“We are dragging several ex internationals like home boy, Samson Siasia, Nwankwo Kanu, Jay Jay Okocha, Waidi Akanni to Yenagoa. We have also invited some Super Eagles players like Odion Ighalo and Olafemi Martins to grace the event. We are expecting a full house of sports stakeholders and the whole essence is to draw up a road map that would see Bayelsa become Nigeria’s Mecca of sports in line with theme of the submit, Bayelsa sports-the way forward,” Egbe said.
Egbe whose firm is handling the re construction of the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa stated further that the time has come for government at all levels to pay good attention to sports and use it to create jobs and fight youth restiveness.