Sports

Sports, The Best Tool To Cripple Poverty In Nigeria-Amb. Olutoke

Published

3 years ago

February 8, 2022

…Launches Poverty Fighters Handball Club In FCT

Joel Ajayi

The group known as Creativity Poverty Chapter Squad of Abuja, has launched Handball club as well as the first-ever handball supporters club in the country to ameliorate the suffering of many young Nigerians.

At the official launching of Poverty Fighters Handball and supporters’ club, the CEO Creative Leaders’ Concept Limited, Amb. Dr. Edward Olutoke, said that sports is one of the best tool to cripple the monster called poverty in the country, if properly used.

Amb. Olutoke expressed that, the President Ikeja Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture said the poverty fighter squad is using three tools to fight poverty, which are agriculture, Housing and entertainment sports.

According to him, Nigeria was declared as the poverty capital of the world, it’s annoying that they can call a great nation like Nigeria such name, something is fundamentally wrong with that; that is why we are using everything to fight poverty.

“And one of such is sports because, we know it has the capacity to pull people out of poverty and we want to take handball to that level.

“Everything about sports should not be football that is why we are forming the Handball club called poverty fighters Handball club in FCT.

“We want to look at young guys who train endlessly and no headway, they are hopeless, we can put ourselves together and lift them up, that is what we are trying to do with the new team we are forming.

“They will be duly engaged, we are going to put them on salary.”

Talking about the innovation it will bring to Handball in FCT he said: “we have pushed some ideas to the association. The first thing we are going to do, is to turn old parade ground around, that place is like facilities in waste. “We are going to turn it around, I am sure work is going to start by next week to remodel the place and by the grace of God, that place will wear a new look by the end of April, God’s willing.” He said

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Match Day 2: Nigeria Customs Basketball Women`s Team Hold On beats Societte OmniSports 66-59

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15 hours ago

November 7, 2024

The Gleamer

Oluwabusayo Olowookere

The Nigeria Customs Women Basketball Team had to stay strong in the final quarter of their encounter against Societte Omnisport De L`Armee of Ivory Coast to win 66-59 points at ongoing FIBA Africa Women`s Basketball League Zone 3 Qualifer inside the SKD Gymnasium Paynesville Morovia Liberia.

The Customs Ladies, who secured their first win Teusday started on a strong footing dictating the flow of the game against their opponent Kourtni Perry and Tobiloba Ogedengbe ensuring that the team keep their solidity when defending and on the attack to end the first quarter 24-18 in favour of the Customs Ladies.

In the second quarter, a resilient Customs ladies who pushed took further control of the game scoring 16points as against 8points of their Ivorian opponent finishing the half time at 40-26 points.

On resuming into the third quarter, the bench of Societte Omnisport De L`Armee lifted their team to go all out as they came trying to force the Border Girls into their shell as they scored 18 points to Customs 14 points to cut the lead to 10points going into the break.

In the last quarter, Coach Abdulrahman of Nigeria Customs Service Basketball team deployed every tactics of the game to ensure that they kill of the energy of the Ivorien ladies as they kept on pushing on to find a way back into the game but at the end lost it out by 66-59 points to the Adewale Adeniyi ladies.

Reacting after the game, Head Coach Abdulrahman Mohammed admitted that the game was very difficult but experience got the results for them.

“First of all let me thanked my ladies for holding on in the game because it a game that was more physical and energy consuming for us, we both had a win in our opening game and I told my girls it won`t be an easy game, but I am happy we got the needed result”.

“We are here to win again and we must take every game to get to our target here. Every team here are not a pushover so for we have to put this one behind us and get set for our next game”.

The FIBA Zone 3 AWBL defending champion Nigeria Customs Service Basketball club will tomorrow evening play their last group game against Commissioners of Liberia at the same venue.

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