The personalities with backgrounds in sports administration, marketing and media spoke separately in commendation of the festival, an initiative of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) with Dunamis Icon as consultants.
The personalities include a sitting Vice-President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Chief Solomon Ogba, foremost Sports Marketer and founder of Okpekpe Road Race, Mike Itemuagbor and top Sports Journalist and Media Strategist, Mitchell Obi.
Obi who is from Imo State and a former vice president of Association of International Sports Press (AIPS), described the festival as a game changer coming when the Federal Government has resolved to tap into and build a sports economy.