Sports enthusiasts have commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for its exemplary support for sports development in Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a statement by NCC spokesperson Reuben Muoka on Monday.
During a book launch in Lagos titled, ‘Sport in Nigeria: Going Round in Circles,’ authored by sports administrator, Godwin Kienka, at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Race Course, Onikan, Lagos, the commission was acknowledged as a patriotic corporate institution that has supported sports in Nigeria at the grass roots.
The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, was the guest of honour at the event.
The statement reads, “The cross section of the sports administrators and admirers of tennis urged the commission not to relent in supporting sports in Nigerian for the benefit of empowering the youths of Nigeria, like it has done in the sponsorship of tennis across the six geopolitical zones.
“The author of the book, Godwin Kienka, acknowledged that the sponsorship offered by the commission since 2015, has set the tone for the development of Nigerian youths for future careers in lawn tennis.”
Mr Kienka appreciated the NCC for having set a sterling example in recent years for other private and public sector stakeholders and institutions to emulate.
Between 2015 and 2016, the NCC engaged in sponsorship of lawn tennis tournaments that rekindled interest in and re-defined tennis competition in Nigeria because of the renewal it brought to tennis development in Nigeria.
