Lottery Trust Fund donates sport equipment to 41 public schools in Bayelsa
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By Christian Ogbonna
Yenagoa, Sept. 19, 2016 (NAN) The National Sport Lottery Trust Fund on Monday donated sports equipment worth millions of Naira to 41 primary schools in Bayelsa.
Heineken Lokpoibiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this during the official launch of the National Lottery Intervention sports equipment in the South-South geopolitical zone.
Flagging off the initiative in Yenagoa, Lokpoibiri said the intervention was carefully designed by the federal government to support public schools to groom young talents in sports.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the equipment were for nine sports: athletics, volleyball, Basketball, football, handball, badminton, table tennis, judo and taekwondo.
According to Lokpobiri, about 2,000 public primary schools have been selected for this programme across the country while 41 schools are from Bayelsa.
“I urge the states and local governments to complement the efforts of the federal government and key into the programme to ensure that more schools benefited. I believe that with this, more talents will be groomed in different games,” he said.
Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Lottery Trust Fund, Habu Ahmed, said the programme was to reaffirm President Buhari’s passion and commitment to advancing and promoting grassroots sports.
Ahmed said that the Trust Fund was poised to ensure that the specific objectives of this intervention, which was to enhance the nation’s capacity in sports, was utilized.
Executive Secretary, Bayelsa Universal Basic Education Board (BSUBEB), Walton Liverpol, commended the Lottery Trust Fund for the presentation made to primary schools in the state.
Liverpol said the move would boost sports development at the grassroots. (NAN)
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Story Edited by Mike Mbonye