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Benue State Emerges Champion Of 2021 Zonal Para-Athletics tourney in Abuja
…Coaches players urges Governor to encourage disable sports
Joel Ajayi
Benue State over the weekend emerged the overall winner of the 2021 edition of zonal FCT Para-Athletics association competition held inside the training pitch of MKO Abiola National stadium in Abuja with total number of 25 medals.
Team Benue emerged as the champions of the competition para-athletics yearly event with 9 gold, 13 silver, and 3 bronze, Nasarawa came second with 9 Gold, 8 Silver and 3 Bronze while Plateau came third with 9 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze.
Host state FCT finished 4th with 9 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze as Niger state won just two gold emerged then 5th position of the annual event for people living with disability in the north central Zone.
Speaking during the event FCT Para-Athletic coach Innocent Nwabunwanne said the aim of the competition is to encourage all athletes with disability in the zone.
He expressed that there is ability in disability.
He called on all the state governors especially the north central zone to encourage the people living with disability with more disabled sport competition that would go a long way in helping them to be useful to themselves and society at large.
“My message is that nobody known tomorrow, these people you have seen on the street are not maker of their condition, some were born like that, while some caused by accident and it can happen to anyone, I was not born disable it was polio and that time there was nothing like vaccination. So, anyone can become disable person.”
One of the partially blind athletes Maida Shammah who emerged winner of 200 meters, and 100 meters during the one-day event said his desire is to represent Nigeria at any international level.
“My message is for government to make more sports competition available for disable to encourage disable because when they disable, and you leave them on the street they will just be nuisance and menace to the society.”
At the end of event cash reward, medals were given to all the athletes that distinguished themselves during the event.
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CSO Salutes Trump
A Civil Society Organization (CSO) under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has congratulated President Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO said this in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
He expressed optimism over improvement on not just American economy but global economy with the inauguration of Trump.
“This is a man with greater vision of making environment around him great.
“In less than few hours of his inauguration, TikTok is back into existence, this shows how he is going to revive the world economy,” he said.
The ILDC boss who reiterated his confidence in Trump’s Presidency, described him as a man of clues and ideas to drive a stable America and the world at large.
He lauded Trump’s collaboration with global entrepreneurs like Elon Musk in an effort to revitalize America’s economy.
According to him, men and women of ideas flock together, they work together for better society and this is what Trump is doing.
Recall that Donald Trump became the 47th President of the U.S by polling 312 electoral votes Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226 votes in Nov, 2024.
Following the oath of office, Trump will address the nation before he is expected to parade across town to the White House and attend three inaugural balls in the evening
About 200,000 supporters are expected to visit the city to mark the presidential transfer of power.
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