December 07, (THEWILL) – Bayelsa State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Chief Daniel Igali, has made a strong case for the prompt update of the medals table in the ongoing 21st National Sports Festival in Asaba
Team Bayelsa are currently second in the latest medals table behind hosts, Delta, as updated by the organisers after day six of the fiesta.
Igali, in an interview, said the current medals table does not reflect the overwhelming success of team Bayelsa so far.
He explained that he has told the officials of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), to promptly release the medals won each day before the next session of events.
According to him, the lateness in the release of the medals table does not portray the importance of the sports festival.
The commissioner called on the authorities to task every Federation to provide the results of events within 24 hours, for the main organising committee to have the daily updates of the table.
Igali noted that what is currently in the log does not reflect team Bayelsa’s performance, having amassed over 60 gold medals with only 31 gold reflected in the medals table.
He also pointed out that the instant reward of two hundred thousand naira for gold medalists, one hundred thousand naira for silver medalists and fifty thousand naira for bronze medalists, as earlier promised by the Bayelsa State Government, was being fulfilled.
