Aziegbemi gave the commendation shortly after inspecting the stadium for the PDP gubernatorial primaries scheduled for June 19 and 20 in Benin.
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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.
Edo athletes on Tuesday shut the gates of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, venue of the state’s training camp for the 19th National Sports Festival, against their coaches and other workers at the sports arena.
The Eagle online reports that the former Minister of Works at the celebration of his 85th birthday on Saturday, August 4, 2018, complained about his health.
He said: “Aside the current renovation and upgrading of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin to an international standard, government has concluded plans to also build a mini-stadium in each of the 18 Local Government Areas of the state.
The Falconets host the Basetsanas in a final qualifying round return leg tie at the Samuel Ogbemudia Staduim, with the fire of Nigeria-South Africa rivalry being rekindled.
In a condolence message issued by his Media Office on Friday in Lagos, Tinubu also praised Ogbemudia’s record of infrastructural development in the old Mid-West region
In a statement issued by his Media Office in Abuja, Abubakar said Ogbemudia was a great man whose forthrightness and unbiased contributions to national issues and politics would be sorely missed
The commendation was contained in a congratulatory letter addressed to Omorodion and signed by Ogbemudia, who was a two-time governor of Edo State