Delta sports better under Onoriode Oborevwori, says athletes

• Adode Charges Warri Wolves For Victory As NNL Gargantuan 8 Begins
Delta Narrate athletes get declared that carrying activities within the speak are better managed beneath the most modern chairman of the sports activities commission, Onoriode Oborevwori, when put next with earlier administrations.

The athletes’ verdict got right here on Friday, factual as the Chairman of the Delta Narrate Soccer Affiliation, Godwin Adode, charged avid gamers of Warri Wolves FC to head for victory within the 2025 Nigeria National League (NNL) Gargantuan 8, which begins Saturday, July 5, at the Steven Keshi Worldwide Stadium, Asaba.

For over four years, Delta Narrate football used to be nothing to write home about, with Warri Wolves languishing within the lower division despite broad funding by the speak executive. Apart from Warri Wolves, no football team from Delta would possibly well maybe accept to the final within the football tournament at the National Sports activities Competition, including 2022 edition hosted by Delta Narrate.

However inner a transient period beneath the administration of Onoriode Oborevwori, both male and female football teams of Group Delta dependable for the 2025 Gateway Video games, with the female team successful the gold. In the same device, Warri Wolves FC dependable for the NNL Gargantuan 8 with out significant stress.

To the athletes, Onoriode Oborevwori, an ex-participant of Frangers FC of Warri, has shown that he's a total sports activities administrator as successfully as an fabulous mobiliser of males and supplies.

Speaking with The Guardian, on Friday, Francis Ossai, a display screen and field athlete, acknowledged: “I am no longer true at singing praises of other folks, however I ought to speak that Onoriode is a extra total sports activities administrator than all earlier chairmen of the sports activities commission. He is aware of what he needs, and guidelines on how to head about it. He does no longer shaggy dog story with welfare of athletes, coaches and lots of officers no longer like what we at probability of see within the past.”

Yet any other athlete, Wilfred Ogaga, acknowledged: “Behold at what took station at the Gateway Video games. For the major time, Group Delta acquired the sports activities festival with out relying on established athletes from the United States. There used to be no embarrassing story esteem medal paddling after we hosted the festival in 2022 or athletes complaining of none charge of allowances. I realize that a explicit ex-chairman of the sports activities commission is attempting to lobby the Governor to enable him play a part within the NNL Gargantuan 8. The Governor would possibly well maybe aloof ignore him because he failed in his tenure and can take care of some distance flung from Delta sports activities. This is someone who used to be praying for Group Delta to lose the National Sports activities Competition title in Abeokuta. He and his croonies would possibly well maybe aloof take care of some distance flung from our sports activities. He doesn’t detect anything true in this original administration.”

Meanwhile, the NNL Gargantuan 8 will delivery this Saturday in Asaba, with the Chairman of the Delta FA, Adode urging Warri Wolves FC to head all out for victory.

Adode acknowledged the participant ought to strive to withhold the plan that noticed them qualify for the Gargantuan 8 in a repeat to plan promotion to the elite division as Deltans had been craving for elite football within the final four years.

The DFA Chairman acknowledged the avid gamers ought to detect themselves as ambassadors of the Narrate as they bring the hopes and aspirations of over five million Deltans, stressing that Warri Wolves, who are the Satisfaction of Deltans can not falter now when the peoples hope of getting elite football is already taking a ogle a actuality.

He also enjoined Deltans to throng the Steven Keshi Worldwide Stadium Asaba to cheer Warri Wolves to victory as they vital the home give a state to to plan promotion to the elite Nigeria Skilled Soccer League.

Warri Wolves FC will be contending with Crown FC of Ogbomoso, Osun United of Osogbo and Kun Khalifat of Owerri for the 2 readily obtainable slots within the Southern convention of the NNL promotion battle.