Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has rewarded wrestlers from the state that won medals at the 3rd Gov Diri National Wrestling Classics held last weekend at the indoor hall of the Samson Siasia stadium Yenagoa in the state capital.
Bayelsa emerged overall winners of the wrestling championship, which was the third sponsored by Governor Diri.
Each gold medalist got N500,000, silver medalists N200,000 and bronze medalists N100,000 each.
Senator Diri presented the cash awards to the winners on Thursday morning shortly after the weekly Prosperity Walk programme at the Samson Siasia stadium, Yenagoa
He also rewarded Team Bayelsa with the sum of N2 million while the Dynamite Wrestling Club in the state that came third got N1 million for the from the governor.
The Bayelsa governor said the gesture was to encourage and motivate athletes to continue to excel in future championships.
He directed the Commissioner for Sports, Hon. Daniel Igali, who is also President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation, to haunt for young talents at the grassroots in the quest to produce future champions.
The governor noted that his administration had already reached out to top athletes, including Oborududu, to fish out talents across the local government areas in order to train them to win laurels at state, national and international levels.
