Activities to kick start the end of One year tenure of the Captain, IBB International Golf and Country Club , Abuja, ‘Chief Okey Igweh began on Tuesday In Abuja.
The week long tournament which started with a press briefing at the Club house is in honour of the outgoing captain of the Club who was elected in April, 2016.
Over 350 amateur golfers are expected to feature on Saturday in the tournament which will ceremonially tee- off by Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife who is expected to be the royal father of the day.
While briefing the Press in Abuja on Tuesday to kick start the activities lined up for the week, the owner of Bolingo Hotels, Chief Okey Igweh said the Captain’s Cup is one event, club members and visitors alike always look up for .”
“We are expecting guests from countries like Ghana, South Africa, Spain, US and France but to mention a few.
“Invitations have been extended to most of the Golf Club captains from other part of Nigeria.” he said
Chief Igweh who was supported at the press briefing by the chairman media and publicity sub committee of the week, Dr Lambert and few committee members, said Professional players and club caddies will set the drum rolling on Thursday, while Nigeria golfers will compete against ‘the rest of the world’ on Friday.
He offered gratitude to the club members for giving him the mandate, a year ago and their support during his tenure saying he left the club in a better position than it was when he met it.
“Every good things must come to an end someday. We have been able to do a lot of things during my tenure ”
“We improved the golf course, made the greens playable and carried out a comprehensive dredging of the course last year which ensured the course was not closed for a day because of erosion problems which usually happened every years” he said.
The tournament will be climaxed with an award night on Saturday evening is to be graced by eminent personalities, including the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Mohammed Musa Bello, the FCT minister.
