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Encourage Your Children To Play Golf – Justice Okocha
Former Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Daisy Okocha, has urged parents to encourage their children to play golf, saying that the game will help mould their character because golf is a game of self discipline.
She stated that golf is the only game that would make you think rationally, following its playing pattern, as it is calculative in nature.
Justice Okocha made the remarks last Wednesday, after she took the ceremonial tee off at the Open Golf Schools Championship organised by OlympAfrica in conjunction with Port Harcourt Club 1928, Golf Section.
According to her, the best way to develop golf in Nigeria is to catch them young, groom and nurture them to become international golfers.
“I can’t develop golf alone, but the best way is
that parents should encourage their children to play golf and to have corporate sponsors.
It is the only game that can help to mould character of children, because it is calculative, make people think rationally and also make you to have self discipline” Okocha said.
Justice Okocha, who was former lady captain of the section revealed that Rivers State was the first state to introduce golf in Nigeria, saying that the then military governor of the state, HRM Alfred Diete-Spiff sponsored people to abroad to learn how to play golf and they came back to train others.
“I don’t think that golf is only for the rich people, everybody can play it. You can borrow kits and play at the beginning, even some people borrow kits to played competitions” she stated.
Speaking the representative of Uniport , Professor, Matthew Megwu , informed the students that the school have functional sports institute and advised them to take Uniport as their first choice in their Jamb examination.
“To my younger one’s I want you to be well educated, because without that becoming Tiger Woods is just nothing. We want those who can write their name and also sign their signature in sports environment. We are ready to admit any student that performed excellently” Professor Megwu said.
Also speaking the Director of OlympAfrica, Dr. Chukwuma Agi, said OlympAfrica is an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that has its head quarters in Senegal, that is poised to develop and promote sports from the grassroots.
He expressed satisfaction with the university of Port Harcourt management and Port Harcourt Club 1928, for their support. Dr Agi further appreciates her Lordship Justice Daisy Okocha, Dr, Sam Dede, Professor Matthew Megwu for their special appearance and all those that made the championship a huge success.
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Hon Dike who spoke with sports journalists shortly after the flag off the 2024 edition of Chairman’s Football Unity Tournament at Botem Tai in Tai LGA, said the tournament is an annual event to promote peace and unity in Tai as well identify budding talents in the area for global competition.
The opening ceremony of the tournament was more like a carnival was witnessed by huge crowd including prominent indigenes of Ogoni Kingdom, sports lovers and people from all works of life.
The LGA boss revealed that special sports committee will be setup in the area to work out modalities to strengthen sports development in Tai.
He advised the participants in the tournament from various wards in the LGA to play the game by the rules and conduct themselves in a peaceful and orderly manner and use the opportunity to showcase their talents.
Hon Dike further disclosed that his administration will also give priority attention to skills development among the youth to enhance their human capacity and promote enterprise development in the area.
Earlier in his address the Chairman of Tai LGA Football Council, Elder Wisdom Gorgor said the annual football competition has been a unifying factor in Tai LGA that need to be sustained to forge more unity and development in the area.
He urged the participants to see the competition as an opportunity to embrace football as a full career and earn sustainable livelihood.
Elder Gorgor who commended the Chairman of Tai LGA, Hon Dike for his visionary leadership and tremendous development achievements recorded in the LGA under his administration, appealled to the Chairman to build a Mini Sports Stadium in the area to promote sporting activities.
The training was held at the Sani Abacha Stadium Indoor Basketball Court in Kano last Saturday.
According to the Vice President and Head of NBA Nigeria, Gbemisola Abudu, the event was part of the league’s commitment to growing broader basketball ecosystem in Nigeria and making the game more accessible across the country.
“Our first Jr. NBA clinic in Kano speaks to our commitment to growing the game in Nigeria and creating more opportunities for boys and girls to learn and play the game,” Abudu said.
“Nigeria has a rich basketball history and abundance of talent, which is evident every time you watch an NBA game. We look forward to continuing to engage with basketball stakeholders, business leaders and members of the community to further the game’s reach and impact on young people around the country,” she added.
The 2024 basketball initiative clinics of NBA Nigeria also included the league’s inaugural Jr. NBA elite camp for 150 boys and age-16 girls held at the American International School in Lagos in July.
Others include the NBA’s building of 1,000 courts in Africa over the next decade, Nigeria’s Festival Coins and Salubata named the top two winning businesses at NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator’s inaugural Demo Day in New York City held last September, and the third edition of “NBA Meets Art,” a curated installation celebrating basketball through the lens of Nigerian art and culture as part of West Africa’s premier art fair Art X Lagos, held in November.
Central to this vision is the federation’s investment in capacity building, evident in the just-concluded one-week Level 1 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Coaching Course, which marked a significant milestone for Nigerian badminton.
Held in Abuja, the course brought together 13 young coaches from across Nigeria. The last time such a course was held in the country was in 2017, making this a historic and transformative step.
The training was facilitated by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) in partnership with the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) and conducted by Dr. Ahmed Radah, the BCA Development Manager.
Radah, impressed by the talent he witnessed, praised Nigeria’s potential.
“Nigeria is blessed with immense talent and a strong badminton tradition. I believe this country has what it takes to dominate on the global stage,” he remarked.
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