Sports
ISACA, MAKING IMPACT IN ABUJA, NIGERIA
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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
Lagos Renews Commitment to Women Run as Organisers Promise Record-Breaking Event
The Lagos State government has reiterated its commitments to the annual 10km Women Run as the road race dedicated to only women draws near.
Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday during the press conference to herald the November 14 race, the Director General of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Lekan Fatodu, said the state was always willing to partner with the organisers as part of efforts to drive mass participation in sports.
“That is why year in, year out, we are always willing to be part of this initiative,” he said.
“We are always very excited when the time is getting nearer. We understand that the theme for 2026 is ‘One city, One stride, Let’s run together.
“There’s something about togetherness. There’s something about moving together. And there’s something about working together to achieve a common purpose.
“Lagos Women’s Run has actually emphasized the need for us to run together, one city, and to achieve a common purpose.”
“What Lagos Women Run has done and has continued to do is making a significant impact in the lives of our people. And it’s very important for us to continue to support and to achieve greatness.”
Also speaking at the Press conference, the Coordinator of the event, Tayo Popoola, said the organisers have put in place a lot of innovation to make this year’s edition the best-ever.
According to her, there is need for togetherness and to build a nation, there is a need to run together as one, hence the theme of the 2026 edition of the race.
She appreciated all sponsors, especially the Lagos State government while also revealing that over 10,000 women already registered for the race with more being expected before registration closes.
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