Following the successful organization of the first Inter-Primary Schools Athletics Championship in Gombe, the State’s Sports Commission director Mrs. Zainab Adamu has poured encomiums on the State’s AthIetics Association Chairman Hon. Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe.

Speaking during an interview with Newsmen, Mrs Zainab exclaimed that She has never witnessed the gathering of so many School Children for athletics championships such as this in Gombe State.

“As a director of sports in the State’s sports Commission, I am overwhelmed with joy that One individual can pull-off such a feat and make it happen here without one kobo from Government,” she said.

She assured that the State Government would assist with as much it could afford to further this Championship very soon.

Mrs. Zainab insisted that it’s true that Government cannot fund sports alone without the assistance from the private sector such as is being demonstrated by Hon. Ahmed Gara Gombe.

“I want to use this opportunity to thank his Excellency, Gombe State Governor Inuwa Mohammed for making Hon. Gara Gombe available to the state. Therefore, I am calling on all stakeholders in Sports, Businesses, Banks, and philanthropists, to assist in growing sports in Gombe like Hon. Gara has demonstrated,”  She said.

The former Volleyball player, believed that with the Caliber of Hon. Ahmed Gara Gombe around, the State will rise again in Sports, especially in AthIetics.

She however regretted that of all the Sports Association Chairmen appointed to head various sports Associations in the State, only Gara Gombe has raised the bar with this AthIetics Championships. “We are very proud him,” she concluded.