Ifeanyi Ubah Promises To Support Sports Writers

The Proprietor of FC Ifeanyi Ubah of Nnewi Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has promised to support the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in ensuring that they meet up with the challenges of the 20th century sports reporting.

Dr. Ubah who was decorated as the National Patron of SWAN said the sports reporters are limited by different issues ranging from environmental to logistics.

He promised to assist the Association in putting up a befitting secretariat in Abuja, and ensuring that sports journalists in the country are trained and re-trained to be able to compete favourably with others in the field.

 “I want to assure you that with this honour bestowed on me today, I will make sure that SWAN members are properly empowered to enable them make wealth for themselves”.

He went further to donate a Toyota 18 seater bus to the Association.

Earlier the National President of the Association, Saidu Abubakar extolled the virtues of Dr Ubah, saying that his ventures into the game of football, has succeeded in empowering the youths, and giving hope to the hopeless.

He equated the role of the FC Ubah proprietor to that of late Bashorun MKO Abiola.

Chief Ubah took time to guide visiting journalists to a tour of the various sporting facilities, been developed for the Club in Nnewi.