AS the zero hour to the national sports festival tagged Garden City Games approach swiftly, Rivers State Information Commissioner, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has given an insight into what to expect in the Games that would kickstart on June 27.

“We are going to present the grandest opening ceremony ever in the history of the Games. Nothing will compare to it.

If you watched the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics, you will have an idea of what I am talking about. We’ll blow your mind away on July 2. You will know that know indeed that we are Rivers and that we have a taste and touch of class”, Semenitari told Journalists yesterday inLagos.

Though she refused to let the cat out of the bag as part of plans to ‘blow’ Nigerians mind on the opening ceremony, the Commissioner promised that the Rivers State contingent have been well motivated to win the Games as a thank you gift for Governor Amaechi who has it made it possible to set standards for the Games.”

We’re not going to spend the kind of money and not prepare our athletes to win the Games. We’ve worked hard and deserves to haul the medals to present to the Governor at the end. But sports is beyond winning and losing. Ours is going to be about showcasing the tradition and culture of our people.

It’s going to be about tourism. We want people to come and see the magical things in Rivers, to feel, and to touch it”, the Commissioner emphasised.

She informed that the Sports Festival Torch would be lit on July 2 to flag off what promises to be the biggest and best sports Festival in Nigeria. 25 sports would feature in the Garden City Games.