Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) President Tonobock Okowa has hailed the South West Athletics Association for successful staging its first South West Developmental Athletics Meet in Lagos at the weekend.
Okowa who was a special guest at the event held at the Sports Ground of Yaba College of Technology said the zonal association has given a proper definition to grassroots sports development.
“I am delighted with the spirit behind the athletics meet; this is what the states and the zones should be doing because they own the schools and it is always better to catch them young so that they can be properly trained to become elite athletes that will grow to represent not only the states in the zone at major national events” he said
The AFN president believed the federation would focus on developing athletes discovered at developmental meets like the South West Athletics tourney and prepare them for podium appearances at major international tournaments.
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