Dudu-Orumen told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin, the State capital that Ebewele’s drive and passion for sports development in the country endeared him to many lovers of sports.
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Godwin Dudu-Orumen, Chairman, Edo State Sports Commission, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Benin on Monday.
Dudu-Orumen made the revelation on Wednesday when a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria asked to know the state’s level of preparation for the festival following the lifting of the ban on contact sports by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
No fewer than 700 athletes drawn from the 18 local government areas of Edo State are participating in the 3rd Edo State Sports Festival declared open on Monday by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The Chairman, Edo Sports Commission, Godwin Dudu-Orumen, on Friday gave an assurance that the state would host the most colourful and rewarding National Sports Festival scheduled for March 2020.
The Chairman, Edo State Sports Commission, Godwin Dudu-Orumen, has commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for currently occupying the 33rd position in the latest FIFA ranking.
Determined to dethrone both Delta and Rivers at the next National Sports festival in 2020, Edo Government plans to hold its mini sports festival in August.
Obaseki, who was represented by the Chairman of the state Sports Commission, Godwin Dudu-Orumen, said the occasion would no doubt motivate the state’s athletes to be better prepared.