The third edition of Anambra Sports Solution Initiative (ANSSI) 2025, kicks-off March 19th, 2025 and will end June 27, 2025.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that
the competition will feature eleven sporting events including Athletics, Ncho, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Football, Scrabble, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwando and Volleyball for various age categories like U-12, U-14 and U-18 categories.
This third edition is being organised by Anambra State Sports Development Commission (ANSSDC) in collaboration with the State Ministry of Education and 21 LGAs Chairmen.
About 15,000 participants, including males and females from federal, public, private and mission primary and secondary schools, will participate in the three month sporting events
Chairman, Anambra State Sports Development Commission, Mr. Estate Patrick Onyedum while speaking on Thursday in a press conference, stated that part of the manifesto of Governor Chukwuma Soludo was to develop sports from the grassroots
“As a product of school sports, I saw it as the opportunity to actualize Mr. Governors vision, hence the birth of ANSSI.
“ANSSI is sports competition involving primary and post primary schools including public, federal, private and mission at various age categories (U-12, U-14, U-18).
” Within two years of ANSSI, the State is now the cynosure of all eyes as our athletes have performed creditably in national and international competitions
“Our records at the National Youth Games has continued to improve. As at the time ANSSI came on board, the madal haul of the State was not more than 5 gold medals. But as we are sitting here now, we have moved from 7 to 9 gold medals in the last NYG in Asaba. To this end and to maintain the tempo, we have donated sports equipments ( tennis boards, basketball courts, etc to some schools to encourage them.
“This 3rd edition which will we commence on the 19th of March, 2025 across the 21 LGA and 3 Senatorial zones, promises to be an improvement on the last edition.
“For this third edition, we are giving out cash prizes worth more 15 million naira to various winners in all categories as 11 sports will be competed for.
Also speaking, Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh described school sports as the vital aspect of child development, saying the most balanced people are the sports people who are trained in cognitive, affective and psychomoto domains of education.
Prof. Chuma-Udeh noted that the competition is in line with Governor Soludo’s agenda in education.
“If the children are not properly trained, they are not balanced in the three domains of education and the society will find it difficult to move up progressively.”
In their separate remarks, The local government Chairman of Anaocha LGA
Hon. Romanus Ibekwe, the ASATU Youth Leader, Hon. Ken Okoli, and the representative of LGAs Chairmen, Hon. Romanus Ibekwe, said they would mobilise material and human resources towards ensuring that the programme was successful.
