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Akwa United Chairman , Elder Paul Bassey has praised the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Umoh Eno for his interest in the growth and development of the youths and sports in Akwa Ibom State.
Bassey, who doubles as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Udom Emmanuel, told sports journalists in Uyo that he had gone through the manifestoes, and campaign promises of the various parties and none of them has anything for sports except the Arise agenda of the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP.
“Youth and sports is my cultural medium and I take time to listen and watch out for that party, that governor that has my interest at heart and by extension, the interest of the teeming population of the youths of Akwa Ibom State.
“So far only Pastor Umoh Eno has consistently harped on the fortunes and emancipation of the youth through the establishment of sports academies in the State.
“Pastor Umoh is aware that we were not all made to be doctors, lawyers, engineers and ITC specialists.
He is aware that sports is a billion dollar enterprise where talented children even of the poor have risen to stardom and riches and has promised to invest in the youth, through sports.
“On the day Eket Stadium was inaugurated Pastor Umoh Eno repeated and emphatically took his promise to establish sports academies in the State where talented youths will be honed, side by side with basic educational training” Elder Bassey said.
He added that overtime the development of sports at the grassroot level in Akwa Ibom has led to the discovery of potential champions in all fields of sports and all that is needed is the coordination, organization and systematic harmonization of such talents, nurturing them to a future that can only be imagined in a profession where single individuals stand to gross millions beyond their wildest dreams.
“Co-incidentally, in the course of her glittering career, Pastor Eno’s deputy, Senator Akon Eyakenyi was one time supervisor for education, youths, sports and culture.
“A vote for Pastor Umoh Eno is a vote for the development of teeming youths of this State.”
The FIFA/CAF General Coordinator and Instructor concluded.
