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Festival
By Chimezie Anaso
Awka, Sept. 22, 2017 (NAN) Uju Nwogu, Commissioner for Sports and Youth Entrepreneurship, Anambra, has inaugurated the Main Organising Committee (MOC) and subcommittees for the 9th Anambra Sports Festival.
The Festival is billed to commence on Oct. 9.
Inaugurating the committees on Friday in Awka, Nwogu called on members of the committees to do their best for the event to be the best of its kind in history of Anambra.
She said the game was in line with the administration of Gov. Willie Obiano’s resolve to give attention to the development and empowerment of youths through sports.
Some of the subcommittees inaugurated include; Technical, Ceremonial/Entertainment, Facilities/Venues, Protocol, Media and Publicity, Secretarial/Documentation.
Others are;Marketing, Finance/Store, Medical and Disciplinary.
In his remark, the Chairman of MOC, Basil Eze, a veteran handball coach, promised that the committees would work assiduously to ensure that the noble aim of the festival is achieved.
Eze also urged the various subcommittees to commence work in earnest for a successful competition.(NAN)
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Edited by Dada Ahmed