Uduaghan Felicitates With Former AFN President Solomon Ogba At 60

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Former Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has felicitated with the immediate past President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN),  Chief Solomon Ogba, as he joined the sextugenarian club on Friday, May 1.

Uduaghan said Ogba, popularly hailed as Igwe by admirers is an embodiment of love, whose selfless service has left a permanent footprint on many lives, Delta state and the Nigerian sporting community for decades.

Ogba was the Sole Administrator for Sports and later Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development during the administration of former Delta Governor, Chief James Ibori from 1999 to 2007.

Complimenting Ogba in glowing terms, Uduaghan said: “Today you are 60 years old, and your belief and faith in God is a testimony worth emulating.

“Igwe, most of your life, you have been in the trenches watching people’s backs, and fearlessly exposing your own back in while doing so, demonstrating a selflessness that is envied. You stand up, unwavering for your people, fighting for equity and justice.

“Igwe, at 60 years you have attained a milestone and you are worth celebrating for the large heart you have always opened to others without a care in the world,” Uduaghan said.

The former Delta State governor further extolled Ogba’s virtues for contributing in no small way to numerous achievements in the area of youth and sports development in Delta state, Nigeria and beyond.

“Your experience and vast knowledge of sports, has brought a lot of fame and laurels, not only for our dear state, but also to Nigeria in general.”

Uduaghan continued: “You hold dearly to your convictions, which most of the time have been positive and engaging. Your virtues are worth emulating, for they are always tailored for the good of humanity.

“My dear brother, as you mark this day, my prayer as always, is that the Almighty God in whose vineyard you serve as Evangelist continue to guide and protect you, providing you with very good and sound health and that He may straighten your path, strengthen His grace upon you and right your wrongs for you,” he said.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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