Onyali, also a former African, Commonwealth and Nigerian 100m and 200m champion, said this in a statement signed by John Joshua Akanji, the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of Youths and Sports.
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Mary Onyali, a former Nigerian sprinter, has expressed satisfaction with the standard of tartan tracks laid at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, Edo State.
In a letter of congratulations signed by Anthony Oji and Chimezie Anaso, Chairman and Secretary of the chapter, SWAN described Onyali as one of Nigeria’s greatest in sports with over 20 years of meritorious service.
ADRON Homes, a property management company, has unveiled ex-international, Peter Rufai, former queen of the tracks, Mary Onyali, and a former heavyweight boxing champion, Bash Alli, as sports ambassadors.
Victor Nwangwu, long time Secretary-General of Anambra State Football Association, has commended Governor Willie Obiano for designating Nigerian sprinter, Mary Onyali as Anambra Sports Ambassador.
The record erased the 22-year-old previous African record of 22.07secs set by Mary Onyali at a Meet in Switzerland in 1996.
The Ondo State Sports Commissioner, Hon. Saka Yusuf Ogunleye, signed the MoU on behalf of the state government, while the Director General of the NSDFI, Olajide Fashikun, and the President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, also appended their signatures to the contractual papers
This is coming courtesy of the Mary Onyali Sports Foundation that is taking sports to Internally Displaced Persons camps to help the victims reduce the trauma of the Boko Haram menace as well as have a career future.
This affirmation was made at the closing ceremony of Ondo State Summer Tennis Clinic which was attended by the State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, his wife, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, Ajewole Ajayi, Olajumoke Abena, Commissioner for Education, Pastor Femi Agagu and the Commissioner for youth ad sports among others.
This was the declaration of the Director General of the National Agency Against Prohibition in Trafficking in Persons
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the elections, which were held at the National Stadium, involved four contestants for the two positions
The Lokoja training programme, which will be named after the former governor, is the third of the six that the former tennis prodigy promised to set up before the end of 2018
Osinbajo said this when he received officials of the Nigeria Sports Development Fund Inc in his office at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja on Tuesday
Onyali said: “Our focus next year is to set up at least two training centres in the first quarter and kick start operations immediately
Onyali-Omagbemi won the women’s 200m at the 1996 International Association of Athletics Federations Championships on August 14 in Zurich, returning 20.07 secs.
Senator Ojudu spoke in his office in Abuja when he hosted the management team of the Fund, led by Chief Mary Onyali
Onyali told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that Nigeria was praying to win instead of planning for the games
“They are: SUBEB Model primary school, Afao-Ekiti; SUBEB Model primary school, Ikole-Ekiti; and St Joseph primary school Ikere-Ekiti, while the secondary schools are Moba Grammar school, Otun-Ekiti; Omuo High School, Omuo-Ekiti; and Aramoko District Commersial Secondary School, Aramoko-Ekiti
Jonathan had earlier in the morning led other senior government officials, including Vice President Namadi Sambo and Senate President David Mark, on walking/jogging exercise from the State House, Abuja to the venue of the rally, the Eagles Square
The programme, which will also include jogging, physical stretches and light aerobics, will culminate in a solidarity rally for Jonathan at the Eagle Square, organized by the Nigerian sports community