Kwara To Build Golf, Table Tennis Academies

Date: 2017-07-17

The Kwara State Government is to establish Golf and Table Tennis Academies to train youth to become top players and champions in national and international competitions.

The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed disclosed this  in Ilorin, while speaking with newsmen shortly after he performed the ceremonial tee off at the Kwara at 50 Open Golf Championship, holding at Ilorin Golf Course.

Governor Ahmed said the idea of establishing the two Academies in the state is still on course and promised that the idea would be taken to fruition level to support Kwara Football Academy.

He noted that the government is poised to making the Ilorin Golf Course a centre of attraction and destination for Golfers across the country.

The Governor maintained that the Course would continue to stand top among the comity of courses in Nigeria and West Africa sub-region.

Governor Ahmed encouraged Nigerians to develop interest in the game of Golf, saying that Golf is not an elitist game as being insinuated in some quarters.

Also speaking, the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Alhaji Bolakale Ayo said the government would not relent in encouraging sports development in the state, particularly at grassroots level.

Earlier in his remarks, the Captain of Ilorin Golf Course, Layi Maliki had disclosed that the Championship and the Ibadan Open Championship would serve as qualifiers for an international championship billed for Equatorial Guinea. Maliki posited that the competition is to be managed by Sluqfort Nigeria Ltd, Nigeria’s premier promoters,organisers and consultants on golf tournaments.  Maliki disclosed that the competition is sponsored by Bua Nigeria Ltd, a business outfit involved in farm produce such as Rice and Sugar Cane plantation in Lafiagi, Kwara.

Kunle Oyinloye, MD, Bank of Infrastructure, Sterling Bank Plc, Lanre Shittu Motors, Yolas Consultants, Chelfom Ltd, Pyramid Ltd, Harmony Holdings, Kwara Internal Revenue Service ICMA Professional Services and Duravil Engineering Ltd are some of the Co- sponsors of the event.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Ahmed \'Lateef     Gabriel Fashanu     Kwara South     Crystal Corner Shops     Bolaji Nagode     Sobi Hill     Babata     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Admiralty Villa     Jalala     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Saad Belgore     Garment Factory     LEAH Charity Foundation     Sunday Otokiti     Kwara State Governor     Kawu     Halidu Danbaba     Inside Kwara     Adaramaja     2017 Budget     Mukhtar Shagaya     Hajj     Yomi Ogunsola     Rihanat Ajia     Yekeen Alabi     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Muhammadu Buhari     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     CT Ayeni     Fareedah Dankaka     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Elekoyangan     Danhawa     Abdulkareem Alabi     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Monthly Sanitation     Ramat Oganija     Bamidele Aluko     Salary     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Al-Hikmah Radio     Ahmed Dankaya     Odo-Owa     KW-GIS     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Lafiagi     Nigerian Army     Saeedat Aliyu     Ronke Adeyemi     HICA     Omotosho     Hauwa Nuru     Bature Bello     Voices Of Tomorrow     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Senate President     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Bisi Kristien     Kayode Zubair     CLAY POT     Elerinjare     Ariyo     Okin Biscuits     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Summit University     Ijakadi     PPS     Kunle Okeowo     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muhammed Abdullahi     Omoniyi     Salman Alada     Ubandawaki     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Bature Bello     Ayo Opadokun     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Omu-aran     S.O. Opowoye     Okasanmi Ajayi     Abdulazeez Arowona     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     CCT     Sebastine Obasi     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Turaki     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Dogara     Olokoba Sulyman     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Hijaab     Tayo Awodiji     Mutawali     Ifelodun     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Niyi Osundare     Vasolar Consortium     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Share/Tsaragi     Forgo Battery     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Bursary     Peter Amogbonjaye     Olaitan Buraimoh     Abubakar Usman Jos     Sango-UITH Road     Ahmad Uthman     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Yahaya Dumoye     Oke-Odo     Ajakaye     Otuka     Sulyman Tejidini     Omu Aran     Saliu Tunde Bello     Doyin Awoyale     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Obayomi Azeez     Kumbi Titilope     Olam Food Ingredients     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Ayodele Shittu     Agor     Pakata Development Association     John Obuh     Kola Ologbondiyan     Khairat Gwadabe     Tsaragi     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Gambari     Popo-Igbonna     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Sobi     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Apaokagi     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Saka Abimbola Isau     TVC Female National Debate     Kwara Pdp     Senate     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa