The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) first Vice President, Tafida Gadzama and Marathon legend, Abbas Muhammed have commended Gombe State Athletics Association for packaging the Inter Primary Schools Athletics Championship.
In a separate interview, the AFN Vice president hailed the positive impact the competition will create among pupils who participated and those that watched the event at the Pantami Stadium.
In his commendation message, Gadzama said, “I saw the revolution in athletics you have done, even better than AFN itself and greater than any athletics competition in the country.
The former 400m Olympic Gold medalist further reiterated the need to build athletics and athletes from the grassroots, which he said is the future of the sport.
On his part, Marathon Legend, Col. Abbas Muhammed rtd, said that Gombe State will soon reap the harvest of grassroots sports from early seed being planted at the moment by Hon. Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe.
“I’m not joking, this grassroots competition will throw up talents that would sustain the glory and positive image of Gombe State through Sports.
“I said this not to hurt anyone, unless we hunt from the grassroots, nothing would be achieved with poaching already made talents, which often come with negative baggage,” Abbas warned.
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