Okowa to declare open Awoture Eleyae’s U-15 meet in Ozoro ~ Truth Reporters

Okowa to declare open Awoture Eleyae’s U-15 meet in Ozoro ~ Truth Reporters 

Delta State Governor Senator Ifeanyi Okowa will declare the seventh edition of the Dr. Awoture Eleyae U-15/Open Athletics Championship open today in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State.

The championship began yesterday, but Okowa, who will be represented by Barrister Chiedu Ebie will officially declare the event open today to end tomorrow.

According to former President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Chief Solomon Ogba, over 400 young athletes from 25 local government areas of Delta State are taking part in the competition, which is also being used to select Delta State team for the African Games national trial in Abuja.

The Dr. Awoture Eleyae Athletics Championship has produced notable athletes for Nigeria since its inception, including Commonwealth gold medalist in the long jump, Ese Brume in 2013, sprinter Divine Oduduru in 2014 and quartermiler, Praise Idamadudu in 2015. Other athletes who are products of the Dr. Awoture Eleyae Athletics Championships include Usheoritse Itsekiri and Raymond Ekevwo.

Ogba further stated that this year’s Dr. Awoture Eleyae Athletics Championships would record more successes than the previous ones.