‘NTTF Won’t Be Distracted By Past Successes’

The Nigeria Table
Tennis Federation (NTTF) has promised to remain focused in spite of successes it recorded in national and international sports circuits in 2014.
The President of NTTF, Wahid Enitan-Oshodi, told newsmen in Lagos that the federation would not allow the successes to distract it.
“The most important thing right now is advancing from the level we are, and aiming at bigger achievements.
“Yes, we have been achieving a whole lot recently, and I am glad things are working in our favour.
“Aruna Quadri and Onaolapo Ojo’s successes portend so much for the federation and the players.
“They are young players, achieving these strides now shows that they have a whole lot to achieve in the future,’’ he said.
Quadri won the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Male Table Tennis Star Awards in January in Dubai.
He also emerged the winner in the Star Point category of the awards.
Ojo is the current Italian Table Tennis champion.
Enitan-Oshodi, also the Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development in Lagos State, said that the federation would ensure constant competitions for the players to sharpen their skills.
“We need more competitions for athletes; I mean both national and international ones.
“Those of them still in the country will be used to build up for international competitions; this is expected to put them on global sport light.
“Any player can be spotted by Asian or European clubs during an international competition; that is the reason we will give young players the opportunity to show case their talents at the international scene,’’ Enitan-Oshodi said.
He appealed to public-spirited Nigerians to partner with the federation in actualising its vision for the players this year.
“We need funds to be able to execute all the mapped out programmes in our calendar.
“We, at this end, cannot do it alone because we are incapacitated by funds but partnership with corporate bodies and well-spirited individuals will go a long way in achieving our targets,” he said.

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