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.

SGBN     Rashidi Yekini     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Bello Oyebanji     Michael Nzwekwe     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Bayo Ajia     Paul Odama     Abdulwaheed Musa     Yekini Adio     Kale Belgore     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Musa Abdullahi     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Kwara Liberation Group     Moses Adekanye     Ahman Pategi University     Akorede     Forgo Battery Company Limited     FOMWAN     Kwara State Polytechnic     Abubakar Abdulraheem     IPSAS     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Oba Abdulraheem     Olokoba Sulyman     Baboko     Erubu Oba Zubair     National Broadcasting Commission     08001000100     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     HYPPADEC     Sadiq Buhari     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Halimat Yusuf     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Gbenga Olawepo     Jalala     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     IYA YUSUF     Ahmed Bayero     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Police Commissioner     Gani Saadu     Danladi     Kayode Alabi     Rex Olawoye     Baruten     Elewu     Javed Khan     Kayode Laro     Kwara State Football Association     Hamid Bobboyi     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Ojo Isekuse     3MTT     Jaigbade Alao     Ayodele Shittu     Arik     NAWOJ     Abdulazeez Arowona     Adaramaja     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Kwara TV     Sulyman Buhari     Omotosho     Yunus Lawal     Ileloke     Kisira     Olatunde Olukoya     Usman Alkali Baba    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Justina Oha     Alabere     Vasolar     John Kehinde Salako     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Kamaldeen Gambari     Kwara Volleyball Association     Simeon Ajibola     Dan-Kazeem     Femi Gbajabiamila     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Frootify     MINILS     KFA     Neo Mundo Ltd     Adama Isa     Ahmed \'Lateef     Rafiu Ajakaye     Musa Alhassan Buge     Eruku     Ope Saraki     NNPP     Ahmad Uthman     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Oyun     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Kale Belgore     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Nurudeen Muhammed     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Dauda Adesola     Afonja Descendants Union     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Aliyu U. Tilde     Joseph Alex Offorjama     KWIRS     Dan Iya     IDPU     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     MalHub     Bello Oyedepo     Kwara Pdp     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Suleman Abubakar     Centre For Digital Economy     SWAN     Moronfoye     Timothy Akangbe     Bamidele Aluko     Ilorin Curfew     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Saadu Alanamu     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Kayode Ishola     COEASU     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Abdulfatai Ahmed     SDP     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Kwara United     Share-Tsaragi     Aliyu Muhammed     Maryam Nurudeen     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Yakubu Danladi     Mansur Alfanla     Oja-Oba     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Okiki     NSCIA     Raymond Olaitan