Re-Introduce Tug Of War Into Olympic Games: Robert Azibaola Advocates.

Azibaola Robert, has advocated for re-inclusion of TUG-OF-WAR into Olympic games stating that although it has been taken out of Olympics, it has not been taken out of sports.

Azibaola who organized a Tug-of- War game for his kinsmen in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state as part of activities to mark the burial ceremony of his Mother-In-Law at Kolo Community, said one of the essence of the game is to foster unity amongst the people of the local government.

Speaking with Newsmen immediately after the game Wednesday, he said that lthough the game has been taken out of Olympics for whatever reasons but it has not been taken out of sports entirely and can still be harnessed back into the system.

He said, Tug-Of-War is a complete new game especially in Bayelsa May be in another five years, it might become a National event and the national event can be domicile in Bayelsa State.

"If we are able to bring all the Youths in the country to Bayelsa for this game, you will see the multipliers effect, the ripple effects. People will stay in an hotels, they will feed, they will buy all kind of things and the economy will improve".

Speaking further he said, he also organized the game to preach the message of Climate Change. Saying the locals donot understand what climate change is all about except you do practical example.

" You must use practical example to tell them and demonstrate what you mean by climate change. Nature is pulling and human being is also pulling, if we allow human beings to pull through, nature will die and when nature dies all of us will die. So, I want to use little game to practicalize climate change".

"When I spoke with the governor about it, he was very happy. If I can partner with the State Government on this kind of thing, may be the climate change thing would be domicile in Bayelsa. Nobody has thought of these kind of thing that you will use game to attract people and get People's attention. People don't just gather and allow you to talk to them except you bring something onboard".

"The competition has been taken out of Olympic but it has not been taken out of sports. The competition is an intent sport especially in places like Canada, all these European countries, they do the competition over and over again".

" We are looking at the future where we will get people from home and abroad, helfty men that will come and do Tug-Of-War with Kolo, Otuasega, Imiringi people. When you do that connection between the people of Africa and most of the International communities, it would no longer be about migration, refugees and others.

" It is about healthy competition, the healthy competition is what the World is talking about climate change. Yes we can do it as a sport that will be more interesting than the Olympic".