Obaseki’s wife positions sports as panacea to illegal migration

The wife of Edo Governor, Betsy Obaseki, on Friday in Benin said that sporting activities would help to reduce the scourge of irregular migration among the girl child in Edo.

Mrs Obaseki, who stated this at the official unveiling of the logo of Besty Obaseki Women Football Tournament (BOWFT) 2021, at the New Festival Hall, Government House, said he was highly delighted at the event.

“Today indeed is a great day of joy for me and I want to congratulate every Edo young woman and very Edo mother because the mothers are going to be happy to find that there is a better environment for their children to thrive”, Mrs Obaseki enthused.

According to her, “before the first four years of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo led administration, human trafficking and irregular immigration had put Edo in the number one position in world map, but with the intervention of Besty angel’s shelter initiatives, Edo lady mechanic and Edojob among others.

“The government is doing all manner of training skills centres and with the intervention of our international agencies, we’ve been training our young boys and girls to give them hope and confidence that they can make it here and earn a decent living.

“We all know that sports are one area that is so youth-friendly, so it’s very easy to get our youth interested in sports, especially now with female football league well known around the world and state.

“We are doing today’s unveiling to assure our young girls that they have another opportunity to actualize your dreams and to make a good living also to make a name.

“So as we do yearly tournaments, we are going to be attracting girls from all over the state and exposed them to professionals in football,” she said.

The governor’s wife said that the tournament was scheduled for September 26 to October 3, 2021, with 12 teams participating in the tournament.

Also speaking, Edo Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, commended the wife of his principal for her laudable initiatives geared towards eradicating the menace and violence against the girl child.

“Our target is to make sure that Edo did not surface again in the world map in terms of human trafficking and irregular migration,” he said.

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