Fubara Rewards Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club with N30m

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt

Rivers State Governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara has gifted N30million to Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club, a reward for winning the Louis Edem International Basketball competition.

Governor Fubara announced the reward yesterday, when the basketball team presented their laurel to him at Government House in Port Harcourt.

Speaking during the presentation, the governor assured of sustaining support for the growth of all sporting activities in the State and make it attractive to lure misguided youths out of criminality.

He said with the support given to the team, it was also expected of them to work so hard with discipline to win the trophy as a justification of the support and proof to the world that they can be the best in their chosen field.

“It is not just about giving you the enablement in terms of financial support, but it also matters to know what the contributions of the management and the players towards achieving the purpose of the team. So, I say thank you to the management team especially, that you did what you are supposed to do and to the team players also. 

“You know, what you are doing today will serve as sign to those youths constituting nuisance and perpetrating all forms of criminality to make them realise that they are wasting their energies rather than deploying them to useful ventures for the benefit of our State.”

Fubara also commended the Commissioner for Sports, Mr Christopher Green for effectively managing the team to achieve results.

In his remarks, the state Sports Commissioner, Green applauded the governor for rewarding hardwork, saying that the Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club won all their concluding six matches and beat Ghana’s team to emerge the winners of Louis Edem International Basketball competition in Lagos.

He informed that it will be the first time the Basketball Club will be rewarded for  any victory they had ever clinched for the State.