Deji Elumoyein
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has described Ese Brume’s victory at the on-going Olympics in Tokoyo, Japan as clear evidence of the exceptional potentials of Delta State women.
Omo-Agege in a release on Wednesday posited that women with great potentials abound in Delta State and other parts of the federation but Ese Brume’s Olympic victory emphatically demonstrate Delta women’s capacity to move mountains.
He expressed gladness with the good news about the young Delta lady, Ese Brume who won the first medal for Nigeria with a 6.97 metres jump in the final of the women’s long jump event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan on Tuesday.
According to him, Ese Brume had earlier won the gold medal in long jump at the 2019 African Games after leaping 6.69m while on June 12, 2021 at the Chula Vista Field Festival in California, USA.
Ese Brume broke another great female compatriot, Chioma Ajunwa’s 25-year old African women’s long jump record.
The ranking Senator said: “Remarkably, Ese leapt a distance of 7.17m at the California event to break the 7.12m record set by Ajunwa who was then on her way to winning gold at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
“I feel vindicated in my conviction that if given the chance, many Nigerian women who are blessed with great potentials can further contribute towards the progress and development of Nigeria; God bless Nigerian women”.
