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Federation To Focus On Secondary Schools To Promote Darts –Official
Abuja, Aug. 21, 2021 (NAN) The Caretaker committee chairman of the Nigeria Darts Federation (NDF), Abubakar Haruna, has called on stakeholders to focus on secondary schools, in promoting the development of the sport at the grassroots.
Haruna disclosed this on Saturday, in Abuja, at the closing ceremony of the maiden edition of the Harmony Envoy International Initiatives (GHEII) National open darts championship.
He said that focusing on secondary schools was key to the nation’s progress in the sport.
“The foundational age of any growing child is between the ages of nine and 17 and you can find them in junior and senior secondary schools.
“This is the best stage to fully introduce the sport to the grassroots. The primary schools are important, but it is just majorly to make the game popular among the kids.
“It is in secondary schools that the children can go for competitions, be more exposed and have a better understanding of the game.
“It is at this stage that we witness more followership of the sport and interest in playing the game professionally. This will help us to harness a lot of talents in the states,” he said.
He appreciated GHEII for sponsoring the maiden edition of the Championships.
“Sports is all about passion. An administrator who has passion for sports development will not settle for anything less, other than exploring every opportunity to discover talents.
“This is an area where all stakeholders must focus on, if we want to develop the game, we have not hosted this type of tournament for a very long time,’’ Haruna said.
He said that the federation also needed more sponsors to organise more competitions.
“The governor of Abia once helped and sponsored one of our events, we are hoping that one or two governors will sponsor our subsequent events,” he said.
Jerry Ifeanyi, a representative of GHEII, the sponsor of the championships, said the vision of GHEII was to put a global stop to the immigration crisis, as well as reduce the rate of crime globally.
“We are working hard to (also) help and support the development of sports, and see how we can help to grow other areas of some sports in Nigeria,” he said.
It was gathered that, players from 12 states, the FCT and four clubs, participated in the four-day championship, which ended on Saturday.
The states were Bayelsa, Abia, Lagos, Benue, Imo, Kwara, Rivers, Delta, Ogun, Edo, Niger and Oyo states, while the clubs included the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), United Nigeria Textiles Limited (UNTL) Kaduna, and the National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria.
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Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball Federation Commends BetKing for its Support to the Sport
The President of the Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball Federation, Seyi Johnson, has praised the Corporate Social sagacity of BetKing for it’s support to the growth of the Sports in the Country.
Wheelchair Basketball which represents one of the fastest growing Para-Sports in the Country, has been boosted with the partnership and Sponsorship from BetKing.
The President of the Federation, Seyi Johnson said BetKing has shown that they are a true lover of Nigerian Sports and special sports in particular, with all its doing for the Federation.
” On behalf of the Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball, the entire board and every stakeholder in the Sport, I want to personally appreciate BetKing for all they are doing.
” Words are too few to express my sincere gratitude to them because they have really shown that this is where their mouth is, with the kind of support we are getting from them”.
” When we approached them , it was just like they were already expecting us and they showed us that they truly understand the Nigeria Sports history and the role Special Sports have been playing in the country’s success at International competitions over the years”.
The President of the Federation added that they need more of such support from the Corporate bodies to complement what the Government is doing, especially when you look at the restructuring and revamping going on in Nigerian Sports at the moment with the coming of the National Sports Commission, NSC.
” We need more of the Corporate players to come assist and follow in the footsteps of BetKing and with that we will see rapid growth of Nigeria Para-sports “,he stated.
He concluded by revealing that the Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball team has a very good chance of qualifying for it’s first ever Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next year when the qualifiers hold later this year in South Africa and BetKing has been playing a major role to ensure this is achieved.
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