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Expensive, Lange, Styl Plus, Others To Entertains Children At Gymnastics Tourney In FCT
Joel Ajayi
Wazobia FM Guru popularly known as Expensive, Solomon Lange, Styl Plus “Olufumi” Makoyor and host of Artists will on Saturday be dazzling and entertaining children at the 9theditions of Gymnastic event tagged “Her Fun Day Level System Wag and Wag tournament” inside the Package B of the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.
More than 300 children in FCT, will get the opportunity to be expose to different sports especially Gymnastic on the 15th June 2019 with their parents at hand to lend some support to the future stars.
The event will feature fun games like, ‘Bouncing Castle’ ‘Blind Folding’ and other Gymnastic programmes.
Speaking with The Gleamer News on Friday, the founder of TIG International Gymnastics Club, Coach Anthony Asuquo said that “Her Fun Day System Mag and Wag Gymnastic Tournament is intiatative to lure both the rich and poor children into sports.
He vowed not to relent in his strive toward grooming Nigeria gymnasts that would make the country proud.
According to Federation International Gymnastics (FIG) certified Coach, Fun Day event is avenue to expose both the rich and less privileged children to the sports.
“Her fun day is way of getting children’s engage and bring them pschologically to gymnastic and expose them to different sports
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“We need more athletes to do sports to enable us reduce the high rates of molestation, drug trafficking and rest of the crimes in the society.
In this programme we are bring the like amusement park to the stadium, there will be game like bouncing castle, dancing competition and other games.
“At the same time we are trying to get them psychologically to stadium, the structures, the facilities in th stadium because many of them don’t know about stadium that is exist for them to come and do sports.
“That is why we are trying to get them into sports and they will grow in it with disciplines, sense of belonging and to support them to represent there state, national and better their life.”
He added that, “the event is not limited to rich people children, it’s go both rich and poor, we don’t want to bring demarcation between rich and poor. We are Nigerians, we represent our cultural heritage that is why we are bring every human so far u can breath.
“We should have over 300 children, that will opportunity to enjoy side attractions Bouncing Castle, Blind Folding and other gymnastic programmes.
“Not only that, we are bringing Artist like Solomon Lange, Style plus, Makoyor expenses from waxobia to entertain children. ”
While thanking those who supportsthe programme, coach Asuquo expressed: “We have the support from Chris Kings suite, they are giving accommodation to the families, also Iheodioah from Wall Mart who giving us interior decoration for the raffle draw.
“Also, we are going to use raffle draw to raise fund to support coaches, and children that are not well do with to help them.”
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Dikko And The New Vision Accountability and Development in Sports
Felly Mammah N.
Since the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Alhaji Shehu Dikko assumed office on the 30th of October, 2024, he has systematically and deliberately been putting in place structures that would result to proper development of sports in Nigeria. Shortly after he was first appointed by President Bola Tinubu as a leading strength of sports, the Director General (DG), Hon. Bukola Olapade was appointed to compliment his efforts.
Many sports analysts believe that the duo of Dikko and Olapade who have been very visible in sports administration will be one of the best combination to take the sports sector to the next level. The DG no doubt, is the head of administration in the Commission, but it should be noted that the financial enablement to manage the affairs of staff and the political might that shops for the finance needed in the running of the sector rest on the Chairman who has the task of liaising with the President directly.
It is also, worthy to note that there is a huge difference between the administration of in the Civil Service as it is controlled by a Permanent Secretary and Directors while the administration of a Commission involves Board Members and experts whose voices and actions are also, game-changing; more so as Commissioners are likely going to take charge of the different zones to proffer solutions for a way forward. The defunct Ministry of Youths and Sports Development which later in 2023 metamorphosed into the Ministry of Sports Development on the assumption of President Bola Tinubu, produced a minister who was not versed in sports administration and as a result, faced mass criticism especially from men of the media.
These men of the pen profession are the torchlight of global sporting activity; they equally keep the history of both sports participation globally as well as the records of athletes’ performances. Their torchlight on past Minister’s and particularly the recent past, have revealed that most of the people who presided over sports administration do not really have any knowledge of the sector before their appointment.
The exit of the immediate past Minister, Sen. John Owan Enoh, refreshingly paved the way for change and this has brought in sports personnels that are expected to place sporting activities in the digital world. Suffice it to also, say that the new management of Sports Commission in parts of her changes is expected to sanitize athletes’ attitude and character for better reflection of children who have seen and communicated with their peers in the Western world.
However, the clarion call for President Tinubu to remove politics in sports may have changed the leadership of sports going by what many sports fans saw in the last outing of both Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024, where a country like Nigeria did not measure up to her potentials.
Despite the poor performance of atheletes during the World Olympics Games, the past immediate past Minister deserves to be commended that during his tenure, the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Games was reawakened as the participation of our Super Eagles brought back hope and jubilation to sports fans including the President and higher authorities. Yes whopping sum of N12 Billion was released two weeks to the Olympics Games and at a time the country was not financially stable. Despite the presidential financial support, the medals presented to the country were crisis and ignorant of both the atheletes, Nigeria Olympic Committee and the Atheletic Federaton to do the needful.
Therefore, it is heart-warming that the President harkened to the appeal of his fellow sports lovers to handpick a known figure in the sports arena to share his wealth of experience that gave him both a name in Sports and positions as the former Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Chairman League Management Company (LMC), FIFA match Commissioner of significance, 2nd Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and presently, CAF Committee Member, in addition to his new portfolio as Chairman NSC.
My reference point here is that Alh. Dikko has been given the authority to effect positive change in sports sector, co-ordinate over 40 Sports Federations in the sector, welcome ideas of both sports stakeholders, individuals and veterans of sports that will enable him x-ray the reasons for poor performances in the sector and to chat a way forward for success story. There can never be a new testament without an old testament, thus the reason Alh. Dikko’s doors have remained opened to receive courtesy calls that included the visits by past administrators and foreigners who want to facilitate with whom the cap fits.
Still, in the mood of celebration to formally welcome Alh. Dikko to office was the peculiar power of sports which gathered momentum and the crowd for happy moments as seen in the recent novelty match organized by his friends, associates and sports veterans at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja recently. That gathering clearly announced not just a man who has made a name for himself at a height in global political decision making in sports circle, but a man who has also, given voice to our country’s leagues and international activities.
Sports is a significant sector that comprises emotion, tension, happiness, sadness even death and hope irrespective of the fact that it has the potential to feed many mouths. The sector cannot be compared to other Ministries with delayed bureaucracies and frustration of abilities. While in the civil service the head will rather submerge a growing talent for fear of power thrown, a coach who discovers a talent takes the credit for showcasing a star athelete discovered. Sports has been proven to generate revenue as well as attract public partnership which are all aimed at enhancing podium performance by the athletes.
Shehu Dikko’s business vision and wide participation in football contributed in making him the right candidate to place the sector in its expected level, increase the GDP of the country’s economy and equally be accountable with administrative roadmap for success.
The novelty match organised for him by his sports fans and League managers had the likes of Samson Siasia, Victor Ikpeba, Mutiu Adepoju, Dominic Iorfa, Ahmed Musa in attendance to share their joy with him as they displayed their talent with their foot.
Others that graced the occasion were Super Sports General Manager, Felix Nwogu, former and present Chairmen of House Committee on Sports, NFF President, NOC members and persons from across the globe. That singular act indicated a clear fact that Dikko can actually gather momentum with persons that can support his ideology to deliver as charged by the presidency.
However, the Chairman’s meekness to open his doors to all does not mean weakness neither does it mean that he has not commenced work officially. His work is more of brain tasking because ideas actually rule the world. I will boldly say that he has resumed work with like minds that will not only be on the same page with him but will as well be on success Guinness Book with him.
Felly Mammah N.
Press Officer (NSC).
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