Imo Sports Commission Boss Hails Heartland Victory Against Gombe UTD

..Charges Players To Push Hard for More Victories

..Forms Formidable Alliance With Onyeocha for Devt

The Chairman Imo State Sports Commission, Hon Prince Sir Eleazar Onyewuchi Ogbonna "Ambassador" has hailed Heartland FC on their resounding Victory Against Gombe United in the match day 33 NPFL encounter on Sunday at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.

Prince Ogbonna who was live at the arena to see the encounter with the Honourable Commissioner for Sports, Youths and Social Development, Hon Obinna Onyeocha alongside others however charged the players to double their efforts to enable them realize the goal of winning the remaining Five games starting with the match day 34 encounter against Akwa United in Uyo on Monday as rearranged by the organizers, NPFL.

He noted that although the team is in a tight situation on the log but that with determination and the motivational promise already made by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Imo State, Distinguished Senator Hope Odidika Uzodinma through the Sports Commissioner, that the players ought to be in a killer mood while facing any opponent going forward.

Heartland decimated the Savanh Scorpions as Gombe team are fondly called 3-0 with a goal in the first stanza and a double in the second half to increase their points to 33 on the log.

In a related development, the Sports Commission Boss, Prince Ogbonna has formed a symbiotic relationship with the Imo Sports Commissioner for Sports, Hon Onyeocha with the view to ensuring even and rapid sports development in the state starting with the grassroots.

Prince Ogbonna who disclosed this alliance shortly after he and the Sports Commissioner returned from Yenegoa, Bayelsa State where Heartland Queens played in a courageous manner and gallantry against fvery formidable teams in the country for the first time of asking said the Commission and the Ministry in no distance time will soon begin to shun out it's plans.

He averred that the athletes welfare in the state will at all time be the priority of the government as he called on stakeholders in and around the state to join forces with the Commission and the Ministry in the move to restore the lost glory days.