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Gov. Wike Redeems $20,000 Pledge To Each Player And Official Of Rivers United
Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike has redeemed his pledge of $20,000 (#15,600,000) to every participant and official of the 2021/2022 Nigeria Skilled Soccer League successful workforce Rivers United soccer membership of Port Harcourt.
The governor had in July, throughout a reception organized in Port Harcourt to honour the workforce for rising champions of the NPFL, introduced the donation of Twenty Thousand {Dollars} ($20,000) to every participant and official of the triumphant workforce.
The achievement of the pledge was offered to the workforce by Barr. Chris Inexperienced, the Commissioner for Sports activities Rivers State, on the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt on Friday.
The governor mentioned the gesture is in fulfilment of his earlier promise to reward those that convey honours to the state.
Whereas talking in a media chat after the presentation, Barr Inexperienced extolled Governor Wike for his magnanimity and never-ending assist to the membership.
“I’m not even shocked as a result of it’s a part of him; His Excellency the Governor of Rivers State, Barr Nyesom Wike is a giver. He has a ministry of giving, like I’ve at all times mentioned you can not meet him and return empty that’s the form of particular person he’s. He’s so compassionate, he’s so benevolent. I’m saying it with all quantity of duty, his Excellency by no means, for as soon as stopped within the assist of this workforce”
Inexperienced mentioned: “As a governor who matches his phrases with motion, he has additionally promised to watch the progress of the workforce in CAF competitors because the state will at all times stand with the workforce.
In his response, the Common Supervisor of Rivers United Chief Dr Okey Kpalukwu, on behalf of the Administration, gamers, technical crew and backroom employees, thanked the governor for fulfilling his promise.
In line with Dr Kpalukwu, “we are going to proceed to understand our governor as a result of that is the primary of its type within the historical past of soccer in Nigeria.
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