Sports
ISACA, MAKING IMPACT IN ABUJA, NIGERIA
.
By Kene Emmagbodike.
Come Saturday, October 2, 2021, an unprecedented number of youths and adults alike within Nigeria’s federal capital territory, Abuja, will engage in different sporting events including volleyball and Aerobics at the old parade ground, area 10, while hiking will take place at Trans Engineering, Dawaki.
Participation is free, so far intending participants are willing to register via the app, Helper Helper by visiting https://engage.isaca.org.
”We have adopted this year 2021 to use different sporting activities to create digital security awareness”, says Emmanuel Omoke of ISACA.
Going further Omoke says, “The event will among others feature a volleyball competition between the various informal groups in ISACA as well as non-ISACA member participants.
We are also refurbishing two adopted secondary schools volleyball courts at Gss Television and Gss Okposi”.
By the way ISACA represents Information systems Audit and control Association, a non-for-profit Information systems professional organisation with over 145,000 members in 180 countries, and about 3,000 members in Nigeria.
Through its chapters, ISACA has been in the forefront of promoting Information systems Auditing, Cyber security, IT security, IT Governance, Assurance, Risk and Privacy Control globally.
ISACA’s certifications include CISA, CISM, CRISK, CGET, CDPSE, CSXP, CSXA and many others.
“Community Day is a day set aside by ISACA, globally, usually the first Saturday of October every year, to give back to our society. It is a worthwhile endeavour to honour ISACA’s past years and make a difference locally and globally for years to come.”, adds Omoke in Abuja.
This year’s edition of ISACA’s community Day is the third in the series.
It will be recalled that the maiden edition in 2019, Abuja chapter organised a 10km walk for safety in the cyberspace.
In 2020 during the second edition, the chapter organised tree planting for global safety with trees planted and essay writing competition staged amongst students at the Government Day secondary School Karu.
ISACA annual community Day is focused on impacting upon Abuja residents through life-changing sporting events and social interaction.
See you at the event.
Sports
Remain Calm, IBB International Golf Club Tells Members
It was an unusual scenario Saturday morning as the security agencies comprises of Police and DSS stormed the club, asking staff and members to vacate the club house and course.
While reacting to the incident, the release signed by Ibrahim Alhassan Babayo, the Captain of the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, described the incident as unfortunate and unexpected.
Ibrahim Babayo accused some minority members with vested interest who collaborated with some security men to seal the club in an attempt to disrupt the scheduled Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Club.
The release urged everyone to remain calm, assured them that all necessary legal steps will be taken to ensure that the process of filing the Board of Trustees, BOT, vacancies is conducted correctly despite the attempts to derail the process.
The Captain said the club will not relent in its efforts to ensure fairness, transparency and due process prevail.
While assuring the members of continued support and trust, the statement asked the staff and members to await further instructions.
-
Featured6 years agoLampard Names New Chelsea Manager
-
Featured5 years agoFG To Extends Lockdown In FCT, Lagos Ogun states For 7days
-
Featured6 years agoNYSC Dismisses Report Of DG’s Plan To Islamize Benue Orientation Camp
-
Featured5 years agoChildren Custody: Court Adjourns Mike Ezuruonye, Wife’s Case To April 7
-
Featured3 years agoTransfer Saga: How Mikel Obi Refused to compensate me After I Linked Him Worth $4m Deal In Kuwait SC – Okafor
-
Sports2 years ago
TINUBU LAMBAST DELE MOMODU
-
News3 months agoZulu to Super Eagles B team, President Tinubu is happy with you
-
Featured5 years ago
Board urges FG to establish one-stop rehabilitation centres in 6 geopolitical zones
