The welfare of the Plateau State Athletes in the ongoing National Sports Festival, ‘Gateway Games’ has never been given top priority like thus time around, it has been a good experience for the first time.
This was the assertion of the Plateau State Sports Council’s Director of Sports, Professor Ezra Gunen, while speaking to ssimedia247.com.ng at the venue of the National Sports Festival at the Alake Sports centre, Abeokuta.
Prof Gunen, who was all joy because of the disposition of the Athletes representing the state, said “the welfare package by the Executive Governor and the driver of the ‘Time is Now’ mantra is highly commendable, it has never been this good, the Athletes received their allowances before departing the state and the Governor was magnanimous by giving us about 24 vehicles, a situation that has never happened before in the state”.
Also, appreciating the Government under the leadership of Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, Plateau State Darts Coach, Stephen Dayok Inusa, was full of praises to the Governor for the welfare package for the Athletes and officials. “Giving athletes their allowances (travelling / feeding) before leaving the state is first in the history of the state, we never begged before funds were released and we got to the venue before the opening ceremony, unlike before that most times events would have started before getting there”.
Commending the State Government also, is the Chairman, Plateau State Volleyball Association, Mr Kevin Auta, who heaped praises of the Governor, Barr Caleb Mutfwang, for the show of love for the athletes which has given them the confidence to put in the best; ” you can see that the players are highly motivated because they are being taken care of well, even before the left jos, their allowances were paid, they travelled comfortably and settled in well, so there’s no cause for alarm.Infact, they feed well as there are provisions for food all day for the athletes in the hostels”.
Ssimedia247.com.ng reliably gathered that the Athletes have been going about their games and events with total commitment with the aim of reciprocating the gesture of Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang.
Credit: Nathaniel Mobolade, SSIMEDIA, ‘Gateway Games’
