Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) president Tayo Adesoji has described the nation’s profitable bid to host the 2028 ITTF Africa Championships as a possibility to showcase Nigeria’s tradition, hospitality and tourism potential to the continent and the broader world.
Nigeria secured the internet hosting rights forward of Tunisia on the ITTF Africa Annual General Meeting in Tangier, Morocco, with Lagos anticipated to welcome main African desk tennis gamers and directors.
Adesoji believes the championship will present an essential platform to problem damaging perceptions about Nigeria whereas selling its sporting and cultural strengths.
“It’s an opportunity for us to showcase Nigeria to the whole of Africa,” he stated.
“It’s not just giant of Africa by mouth. Let them come and see what we are made up of.”
The federation president revealed that the occasion is predicted to draw outstanding worldwide sports activities officers, together with the ITTF president and an International Olympic Committee vice-president.
“I got the approval of the ITTF president that she also will be in Nigeria for the competition,” Adesoji said.
“I spoke with the vice president, IOC. She also promised to be in Nigeria.”
He burdened that internet hosting the championship would permit guests to expertise Nigeria past the damaging impressions they might have shaped.
“We have the opportunity to diffuse some of the wrong impressions they’ve had about Nigeria,” he defined.
“We have our culture to display. We have our food to display.”
Adesoji additionally highlighted the range of Nigerian delicacies and the nation’s repute for hospitality as points of interest that might make the event memorable.
He expressed confidence that the nation’s sports activities management would supply the required help to ship a profitable championship.
“We should do everything possible to showcase Nigeria, because when there’s an African championship, it’s a world event,” he stated.
The NTTF president concluded by extending an invite to the continental desk tennis group.
“It’s going to be a very beautiful one, and I use this opportunity to invite everybody to Lagos 2028,” Adesoji declared.
