Chairman, Remo Stars Football Club, Honourable Kunle Soname has pledged his support for the forthcoming Value Jet Para Table Tennis Open Championship scheduled to hold between 15-21 December at the Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.
Speaking in Lagos during his decoration as the Patron of Sunday Odebode Para Table Tennis Foundation, the brain behind the Championship, Soname having expressed appreciation to the chairman of the Foundation for deeming it fit for him to be named it’s patron assured that he will not support the championship but will always be ready to contribute his quota to the growth of para table tennis in the country and beyond.
“I want to assure you of my total support to the foundation and also the forthcoming Championship which will help project the country and as well contribute to the development of para table tennis in the country as well as project the players to the outside world.
Speaking earlier, Chairman, Sunday Odebode Para Table Tennis Foundation, explained Soname was picked as its patron due to his contribution to sports in the country and his love for special athletes and assured him that the country has good players that will make the country excel at the championship.
He thus informed that twelve countries aside Nigeria are participating in the Championship and they are – Germany, Ghana, Cote d’ivoire, Benin Republic, Togo, a South Africa, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia Algeria and Libya.