Scrabble: Sports Minister Visits Nigerian Players Preparing For African Qualifiers
The Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare, payed a visit to Nigerian scrabble players preparing for the West African Scrabble Championship qualifiers in Ghana.
Nigeria’s scrabble team has set its sights on dominating the first West African Scrabble Championships slated for Accra in Ghana, from May 14th – 19th, 2022.
Nigeria will compete alongside hosts Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia.
We have our reputation and pride at stake and we are not underrating other countries hence we had a closed camp from which our very best players were selected from the championship,” Nigeria Scrabble Federation president, Toke Aka said.
Aka also said that a dominant outing would further enhance Nigeria’s position in the sport with more of the nation’s players projected to move up in the global rankings, which currently has seven (7) Nigerians in the top 20.
Former world champion Wellington Jighere and the in-form Olatunde Oduwole, who sits at the top of the national ranking will feature for Nigeria in the competition.
World number four Eta Karo, Emmanuel Umujose and Victor Godwin will also be on the spotlight.
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