Following the recent achievement recorded by Imo State born athletes during the just concluded paralympic games in Rio, Brazil this year and other land mark achievement recorded by the council in some National and continental events, the Acting Director, Imo State Sports Council, Austin Atasie has commended the athletes promising they can do more with the right kind of support .
Speaking to Sports Ambassador ahead of the festival billed for calaber later this year (though in doubt), Mr. Atasie thanked his Excellency, Governor Rochas Okorocha for rewarding the three athletes who did the State, Nigeria and Africa proud by wining 3 out of the 8 gold medals won by Nigeria in the Rio 2016 paralympic games.
The former world wrestling champion and Olympic also used the opportunity to thank Governor Okorocha for appointing a true Sports man as Commissioner in the person of High Chief Rodney Tony Ajaelu whom he described as a round peg in a round hole.
Enumerating achievement of the council in the calendar year under review, the Ag DS praised efforts of the Imo Sports Commissioner for the innovative ideas he has been introducing which he said will no doubt help push sports higher in the State.
As you can see, the Honorable Commissioner in conjuction with the  Sports council will soon be organizing the State sports festival after 10 years of no activity and no doubt it will help discover more champions that will take over from the aging ones.
”infact the council as you can see is looking cleaned up and we have always managed to send our athletes to some tournaments with little or no resource and I can tell you that with a little more support at the right time, Imo will surely place among the first four State on the medal table” the Ag Ds maintained .
Realing out some of his achievement within the   time he has been in office, Mr. Atasie said for the first time he organized successfully the first edition of the Imo State Director of Sports U-17 football competition which ABC Academy won in the final at the Dan Anyiam Stadium recently.
He also revealed that management has been able to bring back some of the Imo athletes that earlier ran away due to lack of funding saying that there are right now training with
Austine Atasie Proud Of Imo Athletes over Achievements …Says council will make top four in 2016 NSF
