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PHED Donates Commemoration Jerseys To PHALGA
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, has donated a set of jerseys to the Port Harcourt City Local Government Council, PHALGA, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary celebration of Rivers State.
The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Jay McCoskey, while making the donation at the council’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, thanked the Chairman, Christian Chiokwa, for his role in maintaining peace in the local government area, especially in curtailing community crises.
McCoskey, who spoke through the Head, Corporate Communication, PHED, John Onyi, attributed the cordial relationship that exists between residents of the Port Harcourt City and the company to the enabling atmosphere created by the mayor, since his assumption of office.
He said that this was a proof of his passion and commitment to serve his people, describing him as an amiable, peaceful, and exemplary leader per excellence.
The CEO informed the chairman that the electricity company has been playing a leading role in Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, since its inception, hence when the request was received, the company wasted no time in responding and “Today, we are donating a set of jersey to the council in its mission to encourage sports development in the area.
“Recently, the power distribution company supported the National Coalition of Niger Delta Graduates for Non-violence in carrying out sensitization programmes, aimed at curbing cultism and kidnapping in the Niger Delta region, especially in Rivers State
“Mr. Chairman, last year PHED donated over 2000 school bags and writing materials to pupils and students in commemoration of 2016 Children’s Day that is usually marked on 27th May in our area of coverage.
“Also, 694 customers benefited from PHED’s ‘Power Clinic ‘, an initiative of the company, where free medical checks are conducted on the customers”, McCoskey said.
The Mayor, Hon Christian Chiokwa in his response, thanked the company for their gesture, extolling her for being the first company to partner with PHALGA on the anniversary, adding that the Executive Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Nyesom Wike will be delighted with the contribution made.
‘I am looking forward to presenting these football jerseys to the governor during the anniversary.
‘I seize this opportunity to call on other corporate bodies in the Port Harcourt City to emulate the good actions of PHED and support council, especially in a time like this,’’ he stated.
England captain Harry Kane netted a hat-trick to guide Bayern Munich to an impressive victory against Stuttgart.
Kane’s goals, plus one from Kingsley Coman, helped Bayern end a three-game winless run in all competitions.
They faced a tough task against a Stuttgart side who sat back and limited their chances, leading Vincent Kompany’s side to enter the break frustrated and with the deadlock unbroken.
Bayern eventually found a way past Stuttgart’s steely defence when Kane drilled a low effort into the bottom corner from around 30 yards out after Joshua Kimmich overturned possession.
Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, is full of thanks to God after he miraculously survived another life-threatening automobile accident recent at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV.
Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday.
“To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger bus stop to get fuel on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, around 6 p.m. when this MACK truck fully loaded with iron, with registration number LND 470 XX, left the road and crushed my car beyond repairs. Thank God for life,” he stated.
This is the second time the soft-spoken club proprietor will cheat death by a whisker, having been involved in an accident in 1997 that ended his career at 23 and left his spinal cord in bad shape.
He helped Julius Berger win the Nigeria FA Cup in November 1997 shortly a memorable Olympic outing by keeping a clean sheet in the finals against Katsina United. The following year, he was involved in the auto along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, which not only cut his career short but also left him almost paralysed, ending his spell at Serie A club Reggiana.
The former Nigeria international, who also kept goal for Julius Berger FC, said the case has been reported to Isheri Police Station, Ogun State, where the driver is currently detained and the truck also seized.
According to him, the owner of the truck said he can’t fix the badly damaged SUV until after a year.
Ex – Super Eagles of Nigeria, Okwuchukwu Waobikeze has observed that sports development in Nigeria is going down.
According to him, grassroots sports is very important, without it, the administrators cannot get it right. So everybody should key into grassroots sports development, he said.
Waobikeze said this last Wednesday in an interview with sports journalists shortly after the Port Harcourt All Stars Independence football festival (OCTOBERFEST) at the Port Harcourt club, Rivers State.
He explained that for sports administrators to get it right, grassroots development is key. “They should be organising competition at the grassroots level to fish out the young ones for different sporting activities.
“Grassroots sports is very important so the administrators have to go back to the grassroots.
” Sports Development in Nigeria is going down we need to go back to the basics.
“Look at the just concluded Paris Olympics, Nigeria did not win any medal.
” Our football team did not even qualify for the Olympics. We are going down.
” If they should go back to the grassroots, they will get young ones in the games and talents will be developed.
” I started from school games, to youth games before playing for the national team. Now everybody wants to fly board to play professional football and a lot do not know the basics of the game.
” A lot of people did not know the little things about the game, they just want to play. It is not done so,” Waobikeze stated.
Kiadum Edookor
