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Abuja, Dec. 1, 2016 (NAN) The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Acting Director of Sports, Dilichukwu Onyedinma, on Thursday pledged the administration support to the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT Chapter Press Week.
Onyedinma pledged the support at a news conference to herald the Press Week holding from Dec. 3 to Dec. 8 in Abuja.
She said the interest of SWAN in sports development was commendable and promised to collaborate with the association to further developed sports in the country.
Onyedinma said the FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, was interested in the development of sports from the grassroots to international level and that it could only be achieved with the support of SWAN.
“If we are not doing well as an administration, please feel free to criticise us constructively so that will help us to improve and move sports forward.
“Sports are very important to the society because they help to take youths off the street, create jobs and build lives positively; so, we must do all we can to develop it,’’ she said.
Earlier, the FCT SWAN Chairman, Kayode Adeniyi, said that the Press Week was to help members to relax, share views and enjoy after working for a year.
He said the Week which would be flagged off with a Walking Jogging on Saturday would have the FCT Acting Director of Sports as the mother of the day.
Adeniyi listed other programmes for the week to included seminar, competitions, dinner and award night.
He said the Walking Jogging would kick off at 7 a.m. from the Old Parade Ground through Festival Route and back to the starting point. (NAN)
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(Editing by Peter Ejiofor)