Uduaghan felicitates with Solomon Ogba on conferment of Doctorate Degree


By Nelson Egware


Former Delta State Governor Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has felicitated with the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Chief Solomon Ogba on his conferment of Honorary Doctorate Degree by the University of Port-Harcourt.

In a statement on his Facebook timeline, Dr Uduaghan thanked God for the enormous contributions of Chief Solomon Ogba to the development of sports in Delta State and Nigeria in General.

"Congratulations to Chief Solomon Ogba on your recognition today by the University of Portharcourt. Your contributions to the development of sports in Delta State, and Nigeria in general has been well acknowledged. I pray this will encourage you to do more." He noted.

It would be recalled that Chief Solomon Ogba served meritoriously as Delta State Commissioner for Sports during the administration of Chief James Onanefe Ibori during which Delta State performed excellently well in the National Sports Festival.

Chief Ogba was later elected President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria and Nigeria has been doing exploits since then with the discovery of Blessing Okagbare, Ese Brume, Divine Oduduru among others.

In recognition of these outstanding feat in sports management and administration in Delta State and Nigeria in general, the University of Port-Harcourt today honored Chief Solomon Ogba with a Doctor of Science degree Honorary Causa.