Director of Bayelsa State Sports Council, Sir Braveman Wodi says he is happy to be part of the historical groundbreaking of the building of 25,000 capacity stadium at Igbogene in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
Sir Wodi led management and staffers of the council to the event that had “Crème de la crème” of Nigeria sports in attendance alongside the former president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who performed the ceremony.
Addressing newsmen shortly after the event, Sir Wodi said he was elated to be part of the epoch making event as director of sports in the state and felt fulfilled that the groundbreaking of the new stadium was happening in his time as director of sports.
He noted that governor Diri and deputy Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has changed the narrative in the state since he assumed office as the state’s helmsman with his foresight towards the development of sports, pointing out that the governor’s passion for sports has given Bayelsa a new direction.
While appreciating God for the feat achieved by the state in the last five years, Sir Wodi asserted that under his watch, the state surpassed and set many records, maintaining that the performance of athletes in National Sports festivals was indicative that the state needs a new stadium in order to compete favourably with their peers.
According to him, Bayelsa in the last five years has successfully defended it’s crown in the National Para games with style, outperforming over twenty five states in the nation to emerge champions in the competition, attributing the success to God.
He explained that his success story as director of sports would be incomplete without the governor’s deliberate efforts to fund sports in the state as well as the deputy governor’s Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo unprecedented supervision.
The former Bayelsa United acting chairman and secretary, opined that the appointments of Dr. Daniel Igali is like a tonic that has lifted the souls of every athlete in the state, describing governor Diri as a father and a unifier.
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