Oyo Netball team aims for Olympics, says Chairperson
Posted : 07 October 2023
The Chairperson of Oyo state Netball Association thatAmbassador Romoke Ayinde on Saturday revealed her plans to take Nigeria’s netball to the forthcoming Olympics games in Paris, France.
Ayinde, speaking about the forthcoming unveiling of netball games in Ibadan on Oct. 18, explained that she intends to create the necessary awareness that would take the game to girls in various secondary schools in Oyo state.
She also added that this would follow the unveiling of the game abandoned since 1973 on Oct. 18 and organizing an annual competition which would further integrate netball game into the fabrics of Nigeria’ society.
She noted there were ongoing publicity that would create the necessary awareness positing that this would be done through press conferences that would include the print and the electronic media besides the flyers that would further compliment what would come from the media.
Ambassador Ayinde informed that efforts are on to bring the state government on the same page as the National Netball Federation (NNF) had already written the state government while it had delivered equipment that would enhance the growth and development of the game.
Ayinde disclosed that no fewer than 120 secondary schools have been invited for the unveiling and the competition that would commence later.
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