BY SUNDAY AKINTOYE
In keeping with his avowed promise to develop sports in schools in Gombe State, Honourable Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe has donated School materials such as school bags, uniforms, sandals, exercise books to the students of Gombe State Academy.
Addressing Academy AthIetes, instructors, coaches and parents recently in Gombe, Gara Gombe is the founder of the academy expressed satisfaction with the progress of the students and promised to redouble his effort in making sure their education is not suffered while indulging in sports activities.
Gara Gombe who doubles as the Chairman of Gombe State Athletics Association (GAA), opined that the provision of school materials and beverages to the academy students was to lift the burden off their parents’ shoulders to enable them concentrate in education and sports.
Recall that 28 Athletes U-15 below both boys and girls in the Academy were carefully selected as best performing Athletes after the maiden Gombe State Inter-Primary School and other Athletics Championships.
Gara Gombe however admonished the parents to be patient with their wards, assuring them that in future, their children would develop as state, national and world champions in Athletics and would earn enough money to make food and other goodies available for them.
“This was an opportunity I never had growing up. Today, I have realized, this is the only way to hunt grassroots talents in schools, local government areas, states and the Nation,” he said.
Excited parents and their wards could not hold tears as school’s materials were being presented to each of them.
In their remarks, the parents admitted that nothing of this magnitude had happened in their lives either at the local or states levels.
While parents thanked Gara Gombe for his philanthropic gesture and promised to support his effort by encouraging their wards in sporting activities.
Meanwhile, the technical assistant to Gara Gombe and Director of the Academy, Simon Ayuba said disciplinary, and code of conduct have been entrenched in the academy that guide the training and official conduct of young athletes in the academy.
