Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo revealed that the state is ready for the upcoming 2024 National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State this September.
Governor Soludo stated this during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Anambra Stats Sports Solution Initiative (ANSSI) at the Awka Township Stadium on Friday.
According to Soludo, the athletes identified at the ANSSI have the capacity of winning medals at National and International Championships.
He said, “I want to assure you that my government will continue to support athletes who have excelled at the Anambra State Sports Solution Initiative. The victorious athletes will be supported to the forthcoming 2024 National Youth Games and I am optimistic we will finish among the Top 5 States. With the kind of athletes in this competition, there is hope for Anambra and Nigeria in winning medals at the International Championships.
“I have watched the athletics and football finals at the just concluded 2024 Anambra Sports Solution Initiative (ANSSI). While watching the relay races, I felt like leaving my seat to come assist some of the young athletes off the finish line. You students have done wonderfully well and I have come to congratulate all the participating teams as well as the winners”.
After witnessing the exceptional display of the students, Governor Soludo promised to provide more financial support to the third edition of the Anambra Sports Solution Initiative.
He said, “I have seen a lot of talent myself and I am looking forward to the third edition next year. I will be here again in the third edition to cheer you up and to identify talents we are going to sponsor to the rest of the world.
“It is a very important beginning; this is the second edition of the Sports Solution Initiative. We started this process from the schools (Inter house sports), to the inter schools, the Local Government and have evolved to the finals at the State level; Anambra is soaring again. From this initiative, I am sure a lot of talents have been identified and you are going from here to the National and International level”.
