Kwara State Governor inaugurates Olympic Standard Table Tennis boards

Date: 2020-12-25

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has inaugurated three new sets of Olympic Standard Table Tennis boards worth over two million naira for Kwara State Sports Council.

Naija247news reports that the table tennis boards were donated by the Chairman of the Kwara Table Tennis Association, Mr Shola Owolabi.

The governor, represented by his Special Adviser on Sports Matters, Malam Attairu Ibrahim, said that government cannot do it alone and called for support from well-meaning Nigerians to help develop sporting activities in the state.

He commended Owolabi for the gesture which, he said, would complement the efforts of government in repositioning sports in the state.

Speaking at the inauguration of the equipment at the Table Tennis section of Kwara Indoor Sports Hall, Owolabi said he acquired the Olympic standard materials to improve the performance of the players.

Owolabi added that the equipment were also donated in place of his annual birthday championship and expressed optimism that it would galvanize the players to achieve more laurels for the state.

Alarape Atanda, the state Director of Sports, said the the gesture restored hope for the hopeless, noting that the new tennis boards would bring the players in tune with the latest aspects of the game.

Former president of Table Tennis Federation of Nigeria and former Chairman of Kwara State Table Tennis Association, Abdulwahab Omotose, urged government to invest more in other sports with a view to exploring opportunities that abound in them.

Also speaking at the occasion, Coach Bola Magaji, a former Squash Racket Federation Vice Chairman and Oba Abdulrazaq Abioye, the Olukotun of Ikotun, appealed to the government to place premium on school sports to discover more talents.

Naija247news recalls that Kwara Para-Table Tennis contingent came third on the overall medal table of the just concluded Valuejet International Para-Table Championship in Lagos with one gold, one silver and seven bronze medals.

The new equipment were also savoured with exhibition games amongst the guests and players with delight.

NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Seed Technologies     Kayode Ibrahim     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Razak Atunwa     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Sango-UITH Road     Shuaib Olarongbe     Zainab Abass     Quareeb     Muhammed Abdullahi     Kawu Baraje     Baaziki Sulaiman     Olatunji Ibrahim     Ajakaye     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Ebola     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Harmony Holdings     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Tsaragi     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Ahman Pategi University     Babs Iwarere     Ayinde Oyepitan     Minimum Wage     Ibrahim Mashood     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Abubakar Baba     Ileloke     Federal Allocation     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Patience Jonathan     David Oyedepo     Facemasks     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Suleiman Mora Omar     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Babatunde Idiagbon     Christopher Ayeni     Smart School     Lai Gobir     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Demola Banu     Sadiq Buhari     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     KWSUED     Maja     Hamza Usman     Aminat Ahmed     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Quarry Royal Valley     Jani Ibrahim     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Bareke     Goodluck Jonathan     Solomon Edojah     Unilorin     Olofa Of Offa     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Vasolar     Ayo Adeyemi     TESCOM 2025     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Kwara Poly     Kisra     Abubakar Imam     Saduki Lafiagi     CBT     Fatai Olodo     Danhawa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Saka Abimbola Isau     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Yekeen Alabi     Zaratu Umar     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Egbejila     Funmi Salau     NURTW     Paul Odama     Mohammed Haruna     Ilesha-Gwanara     Khairat Gwadabe     Salman Suleiman     Shuaib Olarongbe     Okedare     REO CAKES     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Omu Aran     Yusuf Abubakar     Hassan Saliu     Bamikole Omishore     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Voices Of Tomorrow     Seni Saraki     Kwara     Rihanat Ajia     Sambo Murtala     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     United Nigeria Congress Party     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Dan Masanin     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Kwara Liberation Group     KSIRS     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Fatai Olodo     Saka Saadu     Aro Yahaya     Ahman Pategi     March 18     Bursary     MAI Akande     Haliru Dantoro     Budo Egba     Garba Dogo     Esinrogunjo     Arca Santa     UNILORIN Alumni     Ilorin Like-Minds     Students Union Government     Jare Olatundun     Oniwa     Overland     Yusuf Mubarak     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Paul Olawoore     Umaru Saro     Kawu     Issa Oloruntogun     3MTT     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Ishaq Salman     Sulyman Buhari     Bolakale Kawu     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Lawal Jimoh     Aminu Ado Bayero     James Kolo     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Jani Ibrahim     Plat Technologies Limited     Okoolowo     Tsaragi/Share     Playing Host