Over 200 Archers Participate In 2nd Edition Of NAF Workshop

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By Amaechi Agbo

Over 200 archers from across the federation across participating at the second phase of the 2019 Nigeria Archery Federation (NAF) Game Clinic, Coaching and Officiating Workshop holding from April 29 to May 4, 2019 at the Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall, Package ‘B’ National Stadium, Abuja, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report.

The archers are drawn from Delta, Plateau, Niger, Kogi, Benue, Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Kwara, Imo, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja among others.

Also on the list are the Defence Headquarters, the Nigeria Police, the Road Safety Corps, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigeria Immigration Services while the Director of Academy EFCC, David Tukura-EFCC and Mr Olatunji Boluji, are among the resource persons.

President of the NAF, Mohammed Abdullahi, who is also the Deputy Secretary General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, said the second phase workshop which is a follow-up of the first phase held in March in Abuja, is aimed at equipping Nigeria archers with the proper rudiments of archery sports as obtained globally. Adding that with the quality of talents that abounds in the country, Nigeria should not be found wanting when it comes to the game of Archery.

According to the president, “We are a country blessed with numerous talents hence we must not be lacking in any sport not even Archery”.

“That is why the Federation has taken it as a challenge to organise an all-inclusive workshop where all the stakeholders are being captured knowledge-wise. Though so many countries in both Europe and America and even Africa have already gone far in the sport, we are not deterred in any way  knowing   that we must catch up with them and may even surpass them considering the rate at which we are progressing. Just give us a little time having known that the game just found its way to Nigeria. Based on this fact, the Federation under my able leadership is determined to lay a Solid foundation for Archery in Nigeria”, Abdullahi stated

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