National Youth Games: I’m Not Aware Of Any Demotion – Aniagwu

The Delta State commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, has stated that helium is not alert of immoderate demotion involving Festus Ohwojero, the contiguous past director-general of the Delta State Sports Commission, who has reportedly been reassigned from the presumption of enforcement adjunct to Senior Special Assistant to the Governor connected Sports.

Concerns person been raised among immoderate residents of Delta State regarding the cognition that this alteration appears to beryllium a selective punishment, peculiarly since the Chairman of the State Sports Commission, Mr. Onoriode Oborevwori, who is besides the Governor’s younger brother, has not faced immoderate repercussions.
One commentator expressed, “If the politician wants to enforce show standards, past sparing the Commission’s enactment weakens that message.”

The alleged punitive enactment was said to stem from Team Delta’s “below expectation” show astatine the precocious concluded 9th variation of the National Youth Games (NYG), which the authorities hosted.
The disappointing results person been attributed to inadequate funding, precocious preparations, and insufficient jock welfare.

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori had antecedently established an eight-member Local Organising Committee, led by Mr. Onoriode Oborevwori, to oversee the important event, with erstwhile Commissioner for Sports, Chief Solomon Ogba, serving arsenic an adviser.

In the competition, Team Lagos emerged victorious, securing 52 gold, 32 silver, and 26 bronze medals. Team Delta, which had won the erstwhile 8 editions of the Games, finished successful 2nd place, with 37 gold, 38 silver, and 39 bronze medals.

Prior to the tournament, the Commission’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Mrs. Franca Okonma, had issued a property connection expressing assurance that Delta State would clasp its title title, affirming, “Delta Sports Commission reaffirms its committedness to staging an lawsuit that volition showcase Delta’s proven capableness for sports excellence and its enactment successful grassroots endowment development.”