Government Chairman of the Edo State Sports activities Fee, Hon. Amadin Enabulele, has counseled Workforce Edo deaf athletes who represented Nigeria on the just-concluded West Africa Deaf Athletics Championship in Abuja.
On the shut of the championship, Nigeria secured six gold medals in complete, with Workforce Edo contributing three gold and 4 silver medals.
Enabulele, in a press release signed by his Media Officer, Edoko Wilson Edoko, and made obtainable to newsmen in Benin on Friday, described the athletes’ efficiency as excellent and a supply of delight for each Edo State and Nigeria.
“I’m notably thrilled by Deborah Ighawuanre’s distinctive efficiency within the feminine class, profitable two gold medals on the championship,” Enabulele mentioned.
He additionally counseled the exploits of different Edo athletes, together with Victory Odokara, who clinched gold within the girls’s 400m occasion; Okpaise Nathaniel Junior, who received two silver medals within the males’s class; and Assurance Omoria, who claimed silver medals in each the 100m and 400m occasions.
Enabulele emphasised that the group’s success displays the result of focused funding and help from the state authorities.
“This feat is a transparent testomony to Governor Monday Okpebholo’s unwavering dedication to grassroots sports activities improvement in Edo State,” he acknowledged.
The sports activities fee chairman, who expressed optimism about the way forward for the athletes, mentioned: “Our athletes have distinguished themselves at this championship, and I’m assured these victories will encourage even better performances in upcoming competitions.”
Enabulele disclosed within the assertion that 4 of the seven athletes chosen to characterize Nigeria on the upcoming Deaflympics, scheduled for November 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, are from Edo State.
Including his voice within the assertion, Dr. Sunny Aimufua, Head Coach of the Edo Deaf Athletics Workforce, praised the athletes for his or her dedication and resilience.
“The athletes have made Edo State proud, and we’re dedicated to doing much more in future competitions. I have to commend Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele for his dynamic management and unwavering help for deaf sports activities.”
The West Africa Deaf Athletics Championship was organized to commemorate the fiftieth Anniversary of ECOWAS, bringing collectively prime deaf athletes from throughout the sub-region for a historic and extremely aggressive occasion in Abuja.
