Ahead of the 8th National Youth Games, Delta State Government has said it is fully ready for a hitch-free hosting ceremony of the event holding in Asaba.
Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kingsley Emu, said as much after an inspection visit of various facilities for the competition, assuring that while the facilities, including competition venues, accommodation facilities, and arrangement for transportation are satisfactory, the state has also placed high premium with adequate measures in place for the security and safety of participants.
“Delta is always ready,” he declared. “First of all, we have the facilities, very well put together facilities, and the maintenance is top notch. We have been to the hockey ground at Okpanam. We have had a tour of most of the activity places and I can boldly say that we are ready.”
On Security, he said while Delta is safe, the government is taking extra measures to ensure greater safety of participants.
He noted: “Delta does not rank high in insecurity, but we recognize that there is widespread insecurity across the country. The police are part of the LOC and yesterday in my office we had a wide conversation with the Chairman of the LOC and the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations and they are ‘dead’ ready to handle whatever challenges.
“We are also technologically ready because modern security is more of technology than physical. I can tell you that everywhere here is wired. I can tell you that we are ready and by the special grace of God we would not have any insecurity challenge. As man, we can say we are 95 or even 99 percent sure, but we are not God and by God’s grace, we would not have any incident that we cannot control.”
He assured that athletes, officials and spectators at the games would have a wonderful time.
“Asaba has metamorphosed into a hospitality place. We have hosted too many international events. The Youth Games is huge but it is nothing compared to the major ones we have held in Africa.
