Technical Advisor on Sports Development to Governor Abiodun Oyebanji, Dr. Olusola Osetoba, showered praises on sportsmen and women across Ekiti State, celebrating their grit, discipline and the hope they bring to communities as she celebrates Christmas.
The elegant and quintessential sports administrator made this known in her goodwill message to the good people of Ekiti State and the rest of the world, lavishing praises on Governor Oyebanji, a man she described a dedicated sports-lover.
Dr. Osetoba placed athletes, men and women, grassroots coaches, referees and sports administrators, at the centre of Ekiti’s festive cheer, calling them the “embodiment of Ekiti’s resilience and the state’s brightest export.”
The winsome and urbane woman urged citizens to recognise sport as a vehicle for social cohesion, health and wealth creation, and asked stakeholders to increase their efforts to back talent from the wards to the national stage.
Praising Governor Abiodun Oyebanji, Dr. Osetoba described the governor as the state’s “number one sportsman” — a leader whose policies and capital investments have rekindled hope for a new era of sporting excellence in Ekiti.
She pointed to recent commitments to sports infrastructure and talent development as proof that the government is converting festive words into year-round action. “His Excellency has shown, in deed and direction, that Ekiti will nurture winners,” Dr. Osetoba said.
The Technical Advisor highlighted concrete steps already under way, community engagement programmes, plans for improved training facilities and pathways to link promising youths with coaches and scholarships, calling these initiatives an early New Year promise to thousands of aspiring athletes across the state.
She appealed to private partners, local governments and community leaders to join government efforts and make 2026 the year Ekiti athletes begin to dominate regional and national competitions.
Dr. Osetoba also had some delightful words for coaches, sports federations and volunteers describing them as the “quiet architects” behind every medal and every story of triumph.
She urged residents to celebrate responsibly this holiday while making a lasting commitment to mentorship and grassroots funding that will turn festive goodwill into sustained opportunities.
Dr. Osetoba offered a rallying cry to Ekiti’s athletes: to carry the Christmas spirit, discipline, sacrifice and hope onto training grounds and into competitions, and to make the state proud.
She wished Governor Oyebanji, sports stakeholders and all Ekiti sportsmen and women a joyous festive season and a year filled with records, resilience and victories.
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