AFFAN to honours female athletes of 1960, 1970 ⬇️
Recalled that, AFFAN is committed to using sports programmes to identify talented girls that would be nurtured and developed to become total athletes in academically sound and sport skilled and capable of winning laurels for Nigeria.
She noted that the vision of the “impact project is to positively transform the lives of girls, families and communities, using sport as a platform to reach out to the unreachable and the vulnerable. “It is for this reason that our association has decided to recognize and honour these unsung heroes who had at various times in the 60s and 70s made the country proud through their outstanding sports performances. Though some of them are now deceased, we deem it fit to celebrate and put smiles on the faces of those who are still alive.
“We also introduced Netball to Royal Family Academy and donated netball equipment which we received from Community Sports Educational Development to schools and some states of the Federation.
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