The Patigi secondary School, the venue of this year grand finale of the 5th edition of annual sports festival was filled to capital yesterday as the event came to an end.
An eye witness confirmed that, it has not been as great as this as people from various communities in Patigi and outside trooped to grace the occasion.
It was a time of great reunion, a time when politician buried their political affiliation to reconnect, unite and fellowship in the interest of people of Patigi Local Government Area
The Special Adviser to Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Hon Umar Mohammed Attahiru in his address welcome all participating Athletes, officials, HRH Alhaji Ibrahim Umar, the Etsu of Patigi Emirates, political gladiators present, Dignitaries presents, various interest.
On behalf of His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq the Executive Governor of Kwara State, who has made giant strides in Youth and Sports Development in the area of various MSME Grant soft loan in billions of Naira, kwara Garment factory, reconstruction of Squash Courts, Table Tennis court, Hand Ball court to international standards, renovation of sports facilities across Board, I am delighted to informed you of State Government position on Sports to the people of various communities in Patigi that, the narrative of grassroots Sports development will change, he said.
He further appreciated Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for adding value, flavour and glamour to the event and that, because of the position the various communities in Patigi LGA occupied in the heart of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the State Government has promised to rehabilitate Patigi Township stadium in no distant time for new breed of talents to emerge and career building.
He thereafter charged all the people of Patigi that, one this is expected of them and that is for them to reunite, launch operation No to nay sayer, enemy of good governance within and ensure that we further galvanize and mobilize for the 2nd Term Re-Election mandate of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq so that, we can enjoy the dividend of democracy the more
Good will messages were delivered from the organizer of this year events, HRH Etsu of Patigi, Dignitaries, Bigwigs in Patigi politics, political groups, and other relevant stakeholders
In addition to trophies and medals presentation to Athletes and officials, various awards of excellence of MVP, Grand patron of Patigi Sports Festival, Most youngest player, most supportive fans, most discipline team and so on were presented to awardee as well as prizes such as Plasma TV sets, ceiling fans, standing fans, DVD players, sports bags, branded foreign jerseys and foreign football boots to the winning teams and individuals, special awards of excellence was received on behalf of His Excellency Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as Youth friendly and sports loving Governor and Rt. Hon.(Engr.) Yakubu Salihu Danladi, speaker kwara state house of assembly as Youth Ambassador of Kwara North
Prayers were offered for His Excellency, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and for everyone who have made this festival a success.
