Abia State   Commissioner of Youths and Sports David Chigbu have commended Youths Sports Federation of Nigeria for being in the vanguard of grassroots sports development in the country.

Chigbu stated this shortly after watching his team lose 1-0 to their Kaduna State counterparts in the  2014 President Jonathan U-18 Peace Cup in Katsina State.

According to him, his coming to Katsina to watch his team gave him an opportunity to assess YSFON competitions even as he stated that the experience will challenge him to invest more in grassroots football in the state.

The Commissioner, while blaming his team’s defeat in the semi- finals to bad weather, noted that the defeat will ginger the state to prepare well ahead of other YSFON organized competitions just as he charged other states to take YSFON competitions serious.

“I want to tell you that I am satisfied with what YSFON is doing in the development of grassroots football in the country.”