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RSUBEB Boss Stresses Importance Of Inter-House Sports
The Chairman of Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (RSUBEB), Ven (Dr.) Fyneface Aka says school sports competition is one important means of discovering young talents in sports in the country.
According to him, this is the first time the school has organised inter-house sports competition after 30 years, saying that it is interesting to see pupils doing sports.
Aka, who was represented by Desk Officer, N-TECH, of RSUBEB, James Iloga said this in his opening speech as the chairman of occassion at the inter-house sports competition of Port Harcourt Primary School, Old GRA.
Aka, commended the cordial relationship between the teachers and Parents Teachers Association (PTA) members, saying that it would bring good development in the school.
In her welcome address the Head Teacher of the School, Mrs Dumeza Lennards said the theme of this year’s Inter house Sports Competition is”Striving into a Greater Future”.
She explained that Sports is an essential part of the school curriculum, adding that it provides for the physical well-being of the pupils.
“We don’t only raise scientist and artists, but also athletes, in the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and the Williams sisters which is in line with our mission and vision.
Building a total society where all the fields of knowledge are balanced”, Lennards said.
She further thanked all those that made the event a success, most especially the games Master and Mistress in the school.
Speaking, the chairman of PTA, Captain Patrick Ogbogbo, also said that sports competitions are important part of education that build destiny and checkmate the mental alertness in every child.
“All work but no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Inter-house sports competition makes children to socialize and have straight physical wellbeing, it is a way for them to increase their destiny” Ogbogbo said
Earlier, a former pupil of the school and patroness of Yellow House, Mrs Ibinabo Ogolo appealed to state governments, individuals, corporate bodies and companies to help in development of sporting activities by providing sports equipment to schools.
She noted that in her primary days at the school in the 70’s there were a lot of sporting equipment in the school.
“If the sporting equipment were provided, grassroot sports development would be rapid” Ogolo said.
At the end of the competition, Mr Angus Birabebe Green House emerged winner with 206 points, Mrs Lucy Agbaro, Red House came second with 205, as Capt. Patrick Ogbogbo, Blue and Mrs Ibinabo Ogolo, Yellow House came third and fourth position with 183 and 163 points respectively.
Kiadum Edookor
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
