Two traditional sports, draught and ncho; also known as ayo will feature at the first Anambra traders’ sports championship scheduled to hold between October and November this year.
The Main Organising Committee, MOC, of sports event included the two board games during its meeting in Awka, which was presided over by the Chairman of Anambra State Sports Development Commission, Mr. Patrick-Estate Onyedum, and featured inauguration of six subcommittees of the competition.
The subcommittees include Finance-Contact-Mobilisation, Technical, Media-Publicity, Ceremonial-Protocol, Administration and Venue-Facility-Logistics-Security.
In his remarks, Mr. Onyedum said the traders’ competition, which used to feature only football for men, had been expanded to also feature tennis and table tennis, with draught and ncho as additional competitive games.
He said the championship was open to both men and women, and called on the markets to prepare their best athletes to represent them.
Mr. Onyedum who is the co-Chairman of the Finance-Contact-Mobilization subcommittee, called on all the markets to register for the championship, adding that sumptuous rewards await the best teams at the end of the competition.
According to him, Governor Chukwuma Soludo, who wants the best for Anambra people, not only approved the competition, but directed that the organising committee sets a new standard in traders’ sports competition.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association, the umbrella body of all registered markets in the state, Chief Humphrey Anuna said traders are in full support of the championship.
Chief Anuna, who is the co-Chairman of Finance-Contact-Mobilisation subcommittee said there are about one hundred and two registered markets in the state, and that his association would ensure they took part in the competition.
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