Sports | Hon Princess Marian Onuoha, Okigwe North Unity Cup kicks off at the Okigwe Township Stadium.
Hon Princess Marian Onuoha, Okigwe North Unity Cup kicks off at the Okigwe Township Stadium.
Okigwe FC came from behind to defeat Onuimo FC at the opening ceremony of Hon Princess Marian Onuoha, HPOM, Okigwe North Unity Cup at the Okigwe Township Stadium.
Onuimo FC where two goals up in the first 20mins of the game, Okigwe FC pulled one back before the end of the first half and scored in the 75 minutes and 87 minutes to complete a great come back and carried the day.
The game witnessed by Cream la Cream in the Okigwe area of the state was led by the Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon Kennedy Ibeh, former Speaker of the House, Hon Member representing Okigwe in the house of Assembly, Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Dan Ogu, The Donor and member representing Okigwe North at the Federal House of Representatives, Princess Marian Onuoha, Traditional Rulers and many other important personalities in Okigwe zone.
Hon Onuoha, said the competition is her way of giving back to the youths of Okigwe North, who supported her all the way in politics, which has brought good representation for the people of the area in the last two years of her membership of the Green Chambers, through which she has sponsored various bills in the house.
The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon Kennedy Ibeh, said the people of the area and Imo State are proud of the great achievements made in the area in the last two years of representation by the Iseala Mbano born politician, and will stand by her towards bringing the dividend of democracy back home.
The Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Hon Dan Ogu, appreciated the effort made by Hon Onuoha by investing in sports development in the state.
According to him, Sports has become the instrument that is used in unifying the people around the world, He expressed hope that the competition will produce players that will represent the nation in the future.
