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World Athletic Championship: Athletes will give good account of themselves-AFN Assures
Joel Ajayi
As world Athletic Championship WAC, in Budapest, Hungary is around the corner, Athletic Federation of Nigeria AFN has assured that Nigerians athletes will indeed, give good account of themselves in the world event.
President of AFN Tonobok Okowa stated this on Thursday in Abuja shortly after the extra ordinary emergency congress where grey areas from constitution were ratified and chat a way forward for the Federation’s progress.
“As we speaks, we are set for Abuja all commers on Friday while the golden league will come up on Saturday, inside Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja, we are doing all these to prepare our athletes for the task ahead.
“After which are going to have trials for the World Athletic Championship coming up in Budapest in Hungary and I can assure you, when tournament will start Nigerian athletes will give good account of themselves that every Nigerians will be proud of.” He said.
Speaking on the reasons for the emergency congress, AFN President said that, the congress meet to have understanding of the constitution, saying that after the congress, AFN now have a good constitution that will progress the Federation for years.
“The congress was called for the understanding of our constitution, there some issues that need our urgent attention because tenure of this government is going to an end in couples of days, so there is need for the congress to fine-tune things in the constitution that would align with code of governance in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development guildline for the sports federation.
“And we have treated the matter and now we can say, we have a good constitution that will guide AFN for number of years.”
Tonobok, however urged all the stakeholders to not allow unnecessary bickering that will not bring growth to the Federation but should always channeled their energy on issues that will grow the Federation further.
Also speaking was, President of Nigeria Olympic Committee NOC Engr. Habu Gumel who called on the sports federations especially Athletic Federation of Nigeria AFN to leave no stone unturned to ensure the winning of gold medal especially at the forthcoming 2024 Olympic Paris in France.
Gumel laments inability of Nigeria to win gold in Olympic games since 1996.
He said: “The last time Nigeria won gold medal in Olympic history is 1996, when team Nigeria won gold in football Atlanta 1996, since then, it’s bronze, silvers and as we speak Nigeria is tire of winning bronze or silver.
“That is why I am calling on all federations especially AFN to work hard and break this jinx for Nigeria.”
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King defeats 21 others to win RSFL ultimate skills challenge
New Dawn FC star, Emmanuel King Wednesday defeated 21 other players to emerge champion in the maiden edition of the Ultimate Skills Challenge.
The challenge was organised by the Rising Star Football League (RSFL) and held at the Bwari Township Stadium, Abuja.
King had tied on 71 points with his closest challenger, Philip Onyedika but clinched the honour with a tie-breaker.
He went home with N250,000 while Onyedika who came second got N100,000. John Godwin came third and smiled home with N50,000. All the twenty-two players received N10,000 as appearance fees.
“It was a beautiful program and I am grateful to the management for this opportunity to help the young and grassroots footballer to grow. I am glad I emerged champion after a close tie with my opponent,” he said.
Speaking with the league’s project supervisor, Ifeanyi Kama, the challenge was instituted to keep the players busy after the league had ended a few weeks back.
“It is done for the best players in the league. It is an event to keep them going, not to be idle, and encourage them after the league has ended. We are trying to keep the energy up there. We are trying to showcase these talents to the world,” he said.
He further sought more partnerships from brands as it is working with the FCT football association to develop the players.
“Basically, we are currently working with the FCT FA and affiliated with them for this program. We can’t do this alone as we need their support to promote these players,” he noted.
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