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Khana Official Praises Team, CTC Chairman
The Supervisor for Sports and Agriculture in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Joseph Opera has praised the good performance of his team at the ongoing Simplified Governor football competition in Port Harcourt.
According to him, his vision is to bring back football activities to the LGA adding that with the support of the capacity Caretaker Chairman, Ambassador Marvin Yorbana, sporting activities will have a new look in the Khana LGA.
Hon Opera, who is popularly called Akpasa, praisef his team in a post match interview shortly after Khana FC thrashed Tai LGA 4-0 in their opening match of the ongoing Simplified Governor’s Cup at the Sharks football Stadium in Port Harcourt.
He said that his team’s first outing in the tournament has given an insight why they are in the competition, adding that his boys have a lot to showcase.
” You just saw why we are in the tournament.
” I want to thank our capacity chairman, Yorbana, for his support to the team.
” I think today my players are exceptional and they are good to go” Akpasa stated.
Also speaking, the Head Coach of Khana FC, Didi Edward (a. k. a Leader) attributed the winning to the tactical play by his players adding that they were better than their opponent.
He said that as a team their target is to win the tournament and to showcase some beautiful skill of the game from the LGA.
He commended the CTC boss and the Supervisor for sports and Agriculture for the level of motivation the team enjoys .
” I think despite the win I have discovered some mistakes in the team today and by our next outing , we will improve and score more goals than the four today.
” Our vision in the competition is to develop the youth in the game and to ensure we raise some good players from the tournament.
” We have nothing to give to our capacity chairman except the Cup”, Leader declared.
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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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