The head of the Anambra Sports Development Commission is Patrick Onyedum (ASDC)
The Anambra Sports Development Commission (ASDC) Chairman, Patrick Onyedum, asserts that the state will perform at its highest level at the 2022 National Sports Festival (NSF).
Onyedum made this statement on Friday in Awka while addressing the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) members.
Onyedum, who took office in October, asserted that the state was not driven by a feverish desire for awards or instant fame.
Through a rigorous and vigorous grassroots development programme, he claimed, he hoped to create a new generation of sports champions.
The Chairman said the state would compete in Asaba and that teams were preparing well.
“We will be in Asaba and we will do our best but we are not under pressure.
“We are working with the existing programme, for the new Commission under my watch we are working on a long-term grassroots sports development strategy that will produce the next generation of champions,” he said.
Onyedum decried the poor state of public sports facilities in Anambra and emphasised the need to bring them back to good shape.
He called on sports writers to collaborate with the commission for the overall good of athletes and the sports in the state.
In his remark, Anthony Oji, Chairman of SWAN in Anambra, said they were happy with Onyedum’s appointment and confident in his ability to turn sports around in Anambra.
Oji commended the chairman for his long-term development programme which he said included the revival of school sports.
He urged Governor Chukwuma Soludo to fund the sports adequately, adding that SWAN in Anambra was willing to work with the ASDC and enable him to succeed.
(NAN)