Katsina State had an historic outting at the just concluded National Sports Festival by winning three gold medals, four silver and nine bronze medals.
The gold medals were won in Hausa Boxing (DAMBE), Golf, and Silver medals in DAMBE, Kokawa and Judo.
Similarly, nine bronze medals were won in Taekwondo, Boxing, Wrestling among other sporting events.
Commenting on the achievement recorded by Team Katsina, the State’s Sports Director, Alh Umar Aliyu Saulawa, expressed gratitude to the athletes that representd the State at the 21st National Sports Festival Delta 2022.
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Saulawa, who described the achievement recorded by Team Katsina as historic, noted that the state had not win a gold medal at the NSF since the year 2011.
The sports director attributed the successes recorded to the support and cooperation given by the State governor and the Sports Commissioner, Dr Bishir Gambo Saulawa.
Umar Saulawa revealed that there’s the need for the state government to register some of the athletes that represented the State by placing them on monthly allowances for the State to continue excelling in all aspects of sporting activities.
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