The Bayelsa State Government has charged the Nigerian Wrestling Federation (NWF) to bring home at least six gold medals from the forthcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the charge when the President, principal officers, and athletes of the NWF paid him a courtesy call in Government House, Yenagoa.
Ewhrudjakpo, in a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Doubara Atasi, noted that the wrestling federation had done the country proud in its previous outings in the colours of Nigeria.
He noted that Bayelsa was a fortress in sports, especially in wrestling, and had produced a lot of great wrestlers who made their mark at national and international competitions at different times.
Ewhrudjakpo expressed confidence that the 10-man wrestling contingent of the NWF that trained in the state for about two months, was well primed for a victorious outing at the games in Birmingham.