Soname pledges support for para table tennis open championship

Pledge
By Akeem Abas
Lagos, July 28, 2019(NAN) Kunle Soname, the Chairman of Remo Stars Football Club of Sagamu, on Sunday pledged his support for the forthcoming Value Jet Para Table Tennis Open Championship.

He made the pledge in Lagos during his decoration as the Patron of Sunday Odebode Para Table Tennis Foundation.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the championship is scheduled to hold from Dec. 15 to Dec. 21 at the Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

Soname expressed appreciation to Sunday Odebode, the chairman of the foundation, on his decoration as the patron.

He assured that he would not only support the championship but contribute his quota to the growth of para table tennis in the country and beyond.

“I want to assure you of my total support for the foundation and the forthcoming championship.

“This will help project the country and contribute to the development of para table tennis in the country,” he said.

So name said the effort would also project the players to the outside world.

Earlier, Odebode has said Soname was appointed as patron due to his contribution to sports in the country and love for special athletes.

He assured Soname that the country has good players that would make the country excel at the championship.

Odebode disclosed that 13 countries aside Nigeria would participate in the Championship.

He listed the countries as Germany, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin Republic, Togo, South Africa, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya.(NAN)
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)