By Ighomuaye Lucky. O
Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said his government will continue to support cycling as one of the sporting activities in the state.
He said this during the launching of the Wheeler Cycling Club in Benin
The state governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Edo State Sports Commission, Mr. Emmanuel Igbinosa said cycling being one of the sports, has brought honour to the state through winning of medals.
Obaseki said cycling has come a long way in the state he will do his very best to ensure that he support the initiator of the club so that the sport will be one of the household names in Nigeria.
He further urged the cyclists to incorporate education in their cycling because there will always be life after it.
On the part of the founder of the club, Mr. Stephen Izedomi, it was set up in order to catch the children young in cycling.
He said he discovered that there is the need to ensure that the children develop an interest in cycling in their early stage in life.
Izedomi said he has been in the Cycling Association for many years and has represented the state in several fora and that the children can still do same if they are discovered and groomed early enough.
“I have been in the part of the Cycling Association for a long time. I was in the 1975 cyclist who went to Lagos and since then, I have had a great interest in cycling in Edo State. Of recent, I discovered that we need to catch them young in the state”, Izedomi said.
For Mr. Palmer Okundaye, a retired Cyclist, he advised the cyclists to work hard and be committed to whatever they found doing for posterity sake.
