Residents of Indigenous communities in Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine need more support to improve their sports skills and physical activities, and according to the Minister of Culture, Charles Ramson Jr, the government will soon construct in-door multipurpose facilities in these regions.
During Thursday’s session of the National Toshaos Conference (NTC) at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, the community chiefs said residents have the potential to become major players in sporting activities. And for this reason, they directed the call for support at the NTC where government officials were present.
Jaremy Boyal, the Toshao of Warapoka said, “[we want] more support for sports for the young people. Recently we had Warimarie, Santa Rosa beat a lot of teams in Georgetown so the financial support is something that we hope that the youths can have, especially these local clubs.”
Similar sentiments were shared by Emran Austin, the Toshao of Kaibarupai in Region Eight.
Immediately after the Toshoas made their suggestions at the conference, Minister Ramson Jr. disclosed that several multipurpose facilities will be constructed in Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine.
He explained that the facilities will measure 150 feet in length; 120 feet in width, and 35 feet off the ground.
“A big project that we are doing in all of the towns in Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine for which all of the villages will have access to, although some of the villages will require some traveling time, starting within the next month or so, we are going to be building large in-door multipurpose facilities,” the Sport Minister announced.
These contracts have already been awarded and the minister will conduct site visits soon.
