The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has stated its readiness to partner with Port Harcourt Club to boost social activities in the Rivers State capital.
Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, stated this when the executive members of the club paid him a courtesy call in his office at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
Ogbuku said the Commission was open to a sustainable relationship that would bring back the past glory of Port Harcourt city so that the older generation will be proud that in their time the social life in the Garden City was revived.
He recalled with nostalgia the serene atmosphere created by the older generation, insisting that such beautiful scenery would be revived to keep the old memories alive.
He promised to galvanise progressive residents of the city to pool resources to build a society that would be stronger and socially active, saying the present generation would not allow social activities in the city to stagnate or retrogress.
The NDDC chief specifically requested the revival of the W.W. White football tournament among secondary school students in the state.
“While growing up in the city of Port Harcourt, it was through the football competition that students in secondary schools were brought together in the state to socialize,” he said.
Also speaking, president of the Port Harcourt Club, Hon. Soberekon Dikibo, congratulated Ogbuku on his reappointment as the NDDC Managing Director, saying President Bola Tinubu made the right choice.
The leadership and members of the Port Harcourt Club conferred on the Ogbuku an honorary membership of the Club, which was a mark of honour.
Hon. Dikibo, who conferred the special membership on Ogbuku, said, “Though membership follows a strict process of nomination and subscription, it was customary of the club to offer the membership to deserving public officers such as service chiefs and heads of selected federal parastatals serving in the state.”
The Port Harcourt Club, founded in 1928, is a family-oriented sports and recreational club with over 1,800 members.
