The president of Oziomachi Foundation, Dr Nnamdi Ibekwe today charged the youths to use sports as a tool for development, success and for talent discovery.
He said this while he presented the trophy and winners of the Methodist Church sports competition in Item which he co-sponsored.
Speaking further Dr Ibekwe charged the people to further see sports as a tool for peace and unity. He said this when he was charging the players and spectators that sports encourages love through shared team work. That when the people play together they stay together. And like the scripture says: “two cannot walk together except they agree” and people who do not love each other cannot agree. Therefore, sports promoted love. He further charged the people that where there is love, there is peace; where there is peace there is development and where development,there is success.
He finally charged the players not to stop at this level but to further use sports as a mean of development in life and succeeding therefrom. He further gave instances of people from Item and Igbere who have used sports and football in particular to thrive and achieve success in the society and even give back to the society in due course.
The highlight of the event was the presentation of the trophy to the people.
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