President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Tunde Onakoya on setting a new world chess record and sounding the gong of Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief and ingenuity at the square of global acclaim.
He broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon on Saturday when he played for over 58 hours.
Onakoya won every match.
President Tinubu celebrated the Nigerian Chess Champion and founder of Chess in Slums Africa for the rare feat in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale,
He said this was especially for the reason driving this compelling demonstration of character, which is raising funds for African children to learn and find opportunity through chess.
The President stated that Onakoya has shown a streak customary among Nigeria’s youth population, the audacity to make good change happen, baffle impossibility, and propel innovations and solutions to the nation’s challenges, even from corners of disadvantage.
Tinubu affirmed that Nigeria’s youths have demonstrated in all fields, including Afrobeats, Nollywood, the pulsating skit-making enterprise, education, science and technology, that great exploits can truly come from small quarters.
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He commended the inclination of Nigerians – across artificial partitions – for unity, once again exemplified through their undiluted support for this epoch-making endeavour.
The President assured all citizens that his administration remains strongly committed to creating and expanding opportunities for the youth to explore and exercise their abilities and become the symbols of greatness our nation represents into the future.