*FRANKLIN MADIESIM BREATHES LIFE INTO SPORT DEVELOPMENT IN OKOBO COMMUNITY*

... _donates standard football goal post to Government Primary School Utine_

... _inaugurates committee for G5 Football Competition_

First Media Naija Tv | July 11, 2022


In furtherance of efforts to promoting peace and unity through sports development in Okobo Local Government Area, a leading philanthropist and community supporter has donated a standard Goal - Post to Government Primary School Utine in Okobo Local Government Area, and in the spirit, inaugurated a sports committee to plan for G5 Unity Football Competition.

For the sake of clarity, a goal post is one of usually two vertical posts that with or without a crossbar constitute the goal in various games. The goalposts are two upright stations or posts which accommodate the nets behind it. The post along with the net is collectively regarded as the goal. The posts are placed on both the ends of the football field. It has two vertical uprights connected by a horizontal crossbar.

Pastor Franklin Madiesim, who is a humanitarian apart from being a philanthropist is the founder and Director of Our Right as Children Foundation - (ORACF)

According to him, “I am passionate about peace, unity and sports development. This goal post is to help improve sports in our communities.” He added that with this, the pupils and community youths alike can play football professionally.

He explained, “I want to see my community happy. No day passes-by without thinking of the trend of development in my Community. I believe that the development of the community must not start from the government as the community is not for the government as it is an inheritance from our fore-fathers.”

He called on other well-meaning individuals to support the government’s effort to improve the quality of life in communities across not just G5 but also the whole of Okobo Local Government Area.

The sport item was received with great excitement and jubilation by the elders, men, women and youths of the community with words of commendations and prayers for him.

Moved by the gesture, an Uyo based Chatered Accountant and Auditor, himself an indigent of Utine Eyoekung, Mr. Okon Sam pledged to support the BY Unity Football Competition by making available two pers of Jersey to two teams duirng the tournament.

Prominent community Leaders, the Village Head of Utine Eyekung, Youths Presidents from the five communities, PTA executive who spoke said they have never seen a son with such a good heart as Madiesim. They noted that they had heard reports of his good works and regular contributions to improve the quality of life of the people and expressed exude gladness that it has now reached G5 which comprises of Utine, Otieke Udung Eto, Itak Okiuso, Itak Uyati, Utine Nduong. To this end, the prayed for him as he called on God to bless him with long life and every good thing.

It would be recalled that the philanthropist, Franklin Madiesim earlier undertaken the payment of entrance fees to ten primary school pupils of Government Primary School Utine in Okobo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, even as he promised to sponsor their secondary education and is constantly looking for new options to give back more to the community.