Nigeria to assist West African countries on badminton
1/7/2008 17:05
The Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) said Nigeria will assist other
West African countries to improve the standard of badminton in the region,
according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
Kabiru Badamasuiy, President of the
BFN, announced this on Sunday in Abuja during a meeting of the zone two region
of the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA).
"Nigeria is highly developed
relatively and we are involving other countries that are less developed to
improve badminton in the continent," he said.
He said Nigeria will cooperate
with other countries to organize more tournaments so that players will be
exposed to good competition.
According to him, this would in turn improve the
game in Nigeria through regular interactions between coaches and the players.
Nigeria was hosting the BCA training program and regional meeting for the first
time.
Eight countries that attended the program from the West African region
include Congo, Togo, Equatorial Guinea, and Central African Republic.
Others
are Benin Republic, Cameroon, Ghana and the host country Nigeria.
Xinhua
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