Uzodimma appoints ex international chairman Imo Sports Commission

Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved the appointment of Sir Prince Eleazar Onyewuchi Ogbonna as the Chairman of Imo State Sports Commission.

A statement by SSA to the Governor on Public Enlightenment, Stanford Arinze Nwokedi on Tuesday, explained the letter of appointment signed by Chief Cosmas Iwu, the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, the appointment took effect from November 9, 2022.

Sir Ogbonna hails from Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. He is an ex-International who played professional football in Italy.

Ogbonna is a Sports Ambassador for the entire Southeast and a member of the International Anti-Corruption Assembly in Europe. As a consummate humanitarian and philanthropist, he runs an outfit for a Grassroot Talent Hunt for Youths and also a Charity Organization known as Prince Ogbonna Development Foundation (PODEF) which supports the less privileged, widows and orphans on issues of scholarships, etcetera.

With this appointment, an entirely new and unprecedented frontier shift in human capital development is now activated by the Youths-friendly Governor of Imo State.