With no fewer than 1,800 athletes and officials participating at the 12th edition of the Nigerian Navy (NN) Games commencing from Sept. 8 to Sept. 13, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, believes the Games will further enhance the physical fitness, well-being and camaraderie within the Nigerian Navy personnel.
The CNS, who was represented in a press briefing for selected journalists at the Western Naval Command Officers’ Mess, Apapa by Chief of Administration of the Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral Jason Gbassa, also revealed that the opening ceremony on Thursday would witness the official commissioning of the newly constructed Nigerian Navy Sport Complex situated at Navy Town, Ojo Lagos State.
According to Gambo, athletes from six commands; the Naval Headquarters Command, the Western Naval Command, the Eastern Naval Command, the Logistics Command, the Naval Training Command and the Central Naval Command will participate in the games and added that tournaments such as the NN games presented the opportunity to identify and develop talents that would represent Nigeria in national and international competitions in the future.
“As you are all aware, sports and physical training have always been the bedrock of the Nigerian navy’s daily mental and physical routine for service ashore and at sea. It is for this reason and the benefits derived from participation of sports that the Nigerian Navy pays particular attention to daily routine and programmed periodic sports engagements like the NN Games.”
He continued: “The organization of sports meets such as the Nigerian Navy Games also avails the opportunity to identify and develop talents that will proudly represent our nation in national and international competitions in the future.”