Sports
IDSPD 2023: Push for Peace and Development Through Sports –FAME Foundation
The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), observed on April 6 each year, provides a chance to commemorate the important role that sport and physical exercise play in communities and people’s lives around the world.
In acknowledgement of sport’s broad significance, the global theme of IDSDP 2023 is “Scoring for People and the Planet”.
IDSDP emphasizes how effective sports are at uniting people and fostering change in society. Sports have a special capacity to break down boundaries and foster understanding between people from different cultures, beliefs, and origins.
It also emphasizes the significance of gender equality by encouraging women to participate in sports and offers them chances to develop their confidence, leadership abilities, and self-esteem.
Speaking in Abuja, the Executive Director of FAME Foundation, Arabinrin Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello has urged all organizations to promote peace building and development while acknowledging significance of this day.
“I am pleased to see sports being used not only to promote gender equality, but also as a unifier and a means of bringing people together regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, or tribe. Sports is a force for goodwill and progress, so I urge all governmental bodies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and communities, to apply sports as one of the tools they are using to foster peace and development,” says Arabinrin Ogunleye-Bello.
Speaking further, she said other sports should be accommodated and not just football, stating that although football is the most popular sport in Nigeria, there are other sports liked by many people which could be utilized to promote peace.
“Sports like yoga, tennis, basketball, cricket, badminton and any others, could be used to advocate for development, this however, could be determined by location, cultural beliefs of project beneficiaries. For the push of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sports is an important vehicle that must be considered,” she concluded.
The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace strives to raise awareness of the enormous potential that sports offer to significantly impact society and its celebrated on April 6, every year.
Sports
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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