Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has come out to say that he’ll engage the younger generations through sport.

He recently revealed this while teeing off at the flag-off of the tournament, Akeredolu said the Ilaramokin Golf Resort, owned by the Chairman of Elizade Group of Companies, Chief Micheal Ade-Ojo.

According to him, it is important to carry the youths along a lot more because sports can be used to meaningfully and purposefully develop Ondo State.

He added that his administration has achieved a lot in terms of creating landmark infrastructural projects, so other sectors such as sport deserve more attention.

His words, “Let me reiterate the desire of this administration to ensure adequate repositioning of the sports sector in the State to ensure proper and productive engagement of younger generation.”

“This administration understands the importance of the youths as they are critical and vital to nation-building, I am more than determined to ensure that they are given all the necessary and much-needed platform to discover themselves and make themselves useful for the society.”

“To be very clear and explicit, the Game of Golf is one of the fastest-growing games in the world, we are delighted to witness tremendous growth in Golf in Ondo State over the last few years, there are numerous economic benefits that come with the game and we are poised to leverage on this to boast the economic lot of the State.”

“People focus on footballers alone whereas most other sports players are richer than footballers. Tiger Woods is worth $900 million, Arnold Palmer is worth $700million, Greg Norman’s worth is $500miilion.”

“To be very clear and explicit, the Game of Golf is one of the fastest-growing games in the world, we are delighted to witness tremendous growth in Golf in Ondo State over the last few years, there are numerous economic benefits that come with the game and we are poised to leverage on this to boast the economic lot of the State.

“People focus on footballers alone whereas most other sports players are richer than footballers. Tiger Woods is worth $900 million, Arnold Palmer is worth $700million, Greg Norman’s worth is $500miilion.”