Except a miracle happens, Crew Nigeria may in all probability in all probability also no longer take hang of part in this 300 and sixty five days’s African Scrabble Championships holding in Kigali, Rwanda this month.
The Africa Scrabble Championship now in its 15th version is the continent’s flagship match featuring the simpler of African Scrabble gamers and it’s held biennially. This 300 and sixty five days’s version coincides with the thirtieth anniversary birthday party of PANASA.
Nigeria has consistently dominated the match, with University of Lagos graduate Enoch Nwali holding the individual title and the nation’s contingent claiming the crew title in Lusaka, Zambia two years ago.
Nonetheless, with accurate 12 days to the graduation of this 300 and sixty five days’s version in Kigali, Rwanda on October 23, the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) is desperately looking for succor to sponsor 15 gamers and 4 officers to the championship as every appealing to the Federal Ministry of Sports Style for financial succor perceived to have landed on deaf ears.
NSF president, Engineer Toke Aka, who disclosed this to LEADERSHIP Sports on Thursday in Abuja, said Nigeria’s gamers are ready to fabricate Nigeria proud on the championship, but their participation in the match is being hindered resulting from lack of funds.
“We are always prepared because all 300 and sixty five days round we always have occasions.
“The defending champion, Enoch Nwali, is on top of his sport and accurate obtained the Diri Scrabble Championships. After that there used to be one more match in Lagos, Leki Traditional which used to be obtained by a Ghanaian and these are the of us we are going to face on the African championship which is adequate to fright us.
“We are looking to commute on the twenty first and the championship begins on the Twenty third but as I’m speaking to you we don’t know how we are going to fabricate it to Kigali. We have gotten written to the Ministry and obtained no response from them.
“It is unfortunate that Nigeria, the reigning champion with 13 titles under their belt, is facing this kind of challenge all the time to attend African Championships,” Aka said.
