A member of the National Executive committee of SWAN, Alloy
Chukwuemeka, made the call while addressing the newly elected executives
and members of SWAN at a get together for the new Exco held in Enugu
Wednesday.
Chukwuemeka, who is also the General Manager of NNL side ABS FC Ilorin,
said the responsibility to give adequate coverage and promote the local
League’s resides heavily with sports writers in Nigeria, just as he
urged them to rise up to the challenges posed by the celebration of the
foreign leagues by Nigerian fans against the local game.
The Ag. Secretary of the Club Owners in Nigeria added that the Nigerian
sporting media owe it as a duty to reverse the trend and get fans to
return to stadia and embrace the Nigerian leagues. Writers were called
to make use of all the available information dissemination purposes,
including social media, to woo the fans.
The SWAN head of Information and Strategy said further that plans are
underway by the leadership of the National executive committee of SWAN
to visit the new Chairman of the League Management Company LMC Mallam
Shehu Dikko and his NNL counterpart Chief Emeka Inyama as well as the
Nationwide and Female Leagues to open a new partnership on how best to
ensure adequate promotion of the leagues.
Chukwuemeka congratulated the new executive of Enugu SWAN and charged
them to be proactive, transparent and to initiate programmes to uplift
the Association not only in Enugu state but the entire south-East
region.
Responding, the newly elected chairman of Enugu SWAN, Mr. Nobert
Okolie, on behalf of his executive committee and members thanked the
visiting National officer for being in their midst and assured that his
administration would carry every member along and also ensure that the
state branch became more vibrant in its activities.
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