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Amnesty International Kick off ‘Write to ‘Rights’ Football, Basketball tournament in FCT
Joel Ajayi
It was an excitement and delight as the first ever Amnesty International Football and Basketball tournament tagged “Write to Rights” in The Federal Capital City of Nigeria as a way of creating more awareness about the rights of the people.
Six Government Secondary Schools which includes, GSS Kubwa, GSS Mabushi, GSS Zone 3, GSS Tundu Wada, GSS Garki and GSS Maitama will be battling out in the three-day football and Basketball games.
Amnesty with over 10million people is an international non-governmental organization with focus on human rights and over the years have been working round the clock campaigns for compliance with international laws and standards as well as mobilizing public opinion to generate pressure on where abuse takes place.
Speaking at the opening ceremony on Wednesday the Country Director of Amnesty international Mrs Osai Ojigho said the aim is to raise awareness about human rights and all we need to defend our human rights and to do that we need sports’ dynamism to champion the course of human rights in Nigeria.
“We are using sports to send the message of solidarity to young people who do not have the opportunity to know their rights that are embedded in the constitution.
“We kick started a three day sports tournament theme: write for rights in commemoration of international human right day.
“The aim is to raise awareness about human rights and all we need to defend our human rights.
“We realized that a lot of young people are grown up without a consciousness about what human right is, they find it boring and complicating so we wanted to use a medium that everybody understand that is why the choice of sports because sports catches the world attention especially this year where everyone is looking toward World cup in Qatar that is why we have 6 boys and girls schools participating.
In her remarks, the Vice Principal VP of Administration GGS Tundu-Wada Chinwe Anakwe Revealed that choosing sports tournaments to educate people on their rights remains the best decision taken by amnesty because sports is one of the unifying factors.
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Kukkiwon President Hails Popoola’s Impact on Nigerian Taekwondo, NTF Boss Celebrates One Year of Progress
The President of the Taekwondo Federation of Nigeria, Grand Master Tayo Popoola has received a letter of commendation from the president of Kukkiwon, Yun Ung- Suk, for her outstanding contribution to the development of the sport.
Grand Master Popoola was hailed for her consistent drive improving the game within a short time of her stewardship in the NTF and the dissemination of Taekwondo activities in Nigeria to the global space.
The commendation letter dated October 25, 2026, was personally signed by Kukkiwon President, Ung-Suk.
Popoola said the commendation came to her as a pleasant surprise.
“I did not see that coming but It is a good one not only for me but the entire federation. I did not do it alone and it is also a challenge to do much more in the days, weeks and months ahead. I thank all the board members and I am optimistic that we will do more for the athletes,” Popoola said.
Incidentally, it is just about one year in office for Grand Master Popoola who has recorded a string of successes in the federation including the National Open Trials in Abeokuta, the Africa Taekwondo Championship 2026 in Bamako Mali where Nigeria won several Medals, the first ever Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele National Taekwondo Championship which took place last month in Lagos and the recently held Korean Ambassador Cup in Abuja which also had in attendance the World Kukkiwon Demonstration team.
The demonstration team dazzled fans in Abuja with spectacular display only last weekend just as the para-athletes in taekwondo were duly classified by experts from the world body in preparation for the Los Angeles Olympics 2028.
“I want to thank the National Sports Commission for the support given to me and the entire NTF. Things can only get better,” Popoola stressed.
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