30th December, 2010
Former African number one female table tennis player, Bose Kaffo, has made a clarion call to other states of the federation to emulate the gesture of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State by improving the standard of table tennis in Nigeria through regular International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF Coaching Course.
Kaffo, who has just organised a five-day ITTF Level One Coaching Course at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Complex, Rowe Park, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, said she would be glad to see a situation where all the states in the country embarce the ITTF course. She said this would further aid the development of the game in Nigeria.
The former Nigerian international said she was surprised that the course attracted over 200 participants and more than 30 coaches, adding that she thanked Governor Fashola for approving and financing the course which was certified by the ITTF.
She noted that the course would certainly give the Lagos State Table Tennis Association the opportunty to win laurels if the coaches effectively impact what they had gained through their wards.
According to her, all the imported table tennis materials used during the course are the property of the association. “These will be used by the players during their preparation for the National Sports Festival in Rivers State next year.
She informed Sportseight.blogspot.com, that as a sports scientist, she intends to set up a sports academy which would embrace five different sports.
Kaffo stressed that she wants to enlarge her horizon through the academy where athletes would be tutored on the basics of sports.
