Gombe deputy governor charges youths to regard sports as tool for job creation

Dr Mannassah Jatau, Gombe State Deputy Governor, has charged youths in Gombe South Senatorial District to regard sports as tool for job creation and fosterer of peace and unity.

He gave the charge in Gombe on Tuesday when he received members of Balanga Utd. Football Club, winners of Adamu Yolah Gombe South Memorial Unity Cup, who paid him a courtesy visit.

The Newsmen reports that Mr Edward Yola, Deputy Governor, CBN, is the sponsor of the competition tagged Adamu Yola Gombe South memorial unity cup.

Gombe south comprises of Balanga Billiri, Kaltungo and Shongom Local Government Areas.

Jatau called on youths in the area to take advantage of opportunities provided in sports, and other economic activities initiated by government and well-meaning individuals to become self-reliant.

He commended the CBN deputy governor for giving the youth the opportunity to harness their sporting potentialities and become vanguards of positive change in the society.

He pledged his unflinching support for the club and promised to mobilise further support for it.

He also called on youths to discourage their peers from engaging in begging and thuggery by preaching the gospel of hard work and engaging in economically viable ventures for a secured feature.

Earlier, spokesman of the club, Mohammed Ibrahim, told the deputy governor that the team won the trophy at its first outing.

He said that the team had challenges of sports outfits and mobility and solicited assistance from the well-to-do in the society, to enhance its performance.

Highlight of the occasion was presentation of the trophy to the deputy governor by the coach of the club, Mohammed Abubakar.