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Ote4wealth National Championship Kick Off In Abuja Tomorrow

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2 years ago

November 24, 2022

All roads will lead to the stadium of light, popularly known as Water FC Stadium at Apo Lokogoma in the Nigeria Capital City where teams from 36 states and FCT will be competing at the Maiden edition of “Ote4wealth” National Championship.

The National tournament tagged “Ote4Wealth” to celebrate one the Nigeria’s Biggest Philanthropist, Femi Otedola, at 60 for his contribution to the national development of Nigeria will kick start today Friday.

At the draw held on Thursday, conducted by 2009 FIFA U17 World Golden Boot winner, Sani Emmanuel in Abuja, Golden Stars FC from Abia State will tackles the Super Boys FC from Taraba in the first game of the tournament.

The 6 days National tournament slated for November 25th to December 1st 2022, will see the winner smile home with 1 million naira and many other individual prizes.

37 teams from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will be participating in the tournament

Speaking during the draws, the Chief Executive Officer CEO of MK Sports, Nureni Makanjuola, said the draws were held to follow the normal procedure in football while adding that the tournament will serve as an avenue to discover new talents to feed the national teams as well as keeping youth busy and take them and off the streets.

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NSC DG Bukola Olopade reaffirms the commitment of the Commission to Training and Retraining of Staff for Scientific Productivity

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4 hours ago

February 4, 2025

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Director General of the National Sports Commission Hon. Bukola Olopade, has stated the commitment of the leadership of the Commission to Training and Retraining of staff for scientific productivity of Nigerian Sports.

The DG stated this when he was a surprised guest at the meeting of the newly appointed Federation Secretaries with the Director of the Federation of Elite Athletes Department (FEAD), Olumide Bamiduro.

” One of the things that myself and the Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, discovered was lacking in the Commission when we were appointed is training and restraining of staff. This is why we have challenged the various Directors to go to their various departments to start looking for quality brains that we can give both local and international training and restraining to”.

” The Sports ecosystem that we are in is very dynamic and this is why alot of training and retraining will happen this year to complement the productivity and efficiency of the Commission”.

The DG also charged the Federation Secretaries to be up and doing and align themselves with the vision and mandate of the Commission especially with the Renewed Hope Initiative for Nigeria Sports Economy ( RHINSE ) campaign.

” As Federation Secretaries that you all are , we are about to make history together in so many ways. For the Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko and myself, our determination is to ensure that you all are given the impetus to drive the federations as Independently as you can”.

” I also want to appeal to you all that the chief operating officers,COO, that we have introduced are not here to disturb you or usurp your job. They are here to support you and I have no doubt that the symbiotic relationship that you can establish with them will only galvanize the history making approach we all have for the Commission”.

The Director of Federation of Elite Athletes Development (FEAD) , Olumide Bamiduro however thanked the DG for the surprise visit , stating that his visit further re-echoes the ongoing reforms and the commitment of the current leadership of the Sports Commission to achieve the Sporting mandate of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,GCFR.

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