Tuesday 20 August 2013

MPN/AKS sponsors 136 school athletics championship for training in calabar BY EMMANUEL AKPAN

Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Akwa Ibom State has taken their yearly event to a new height by sponsoring no fewer than 136 school athletics championship for training in Calabar, Cross River State.

The athletics emerged champions during their last two editions in the modem outs and techniques of track and field.

Chatting with our sports editor at U. J. Esuene stadium, Calabar, Dr. (Mrs.) Lucia Ituen who is the Uyo Zone sports coordinator for Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN/AKS) said the training will last for two weeks and that the training will produce athletes for the nation, adding that coaches handling the athletes are all national coaches.

Dr. Ituen noted that all the athletes are school in Akwa Ibom State even as she called on the state government to take over the sponsoring and further training of the athletes.

Also speaking, the camp commandant, Mr. Mike Ukpabio thanked the Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN/AKS) for their determination to promote sports in the state, adding that the competition have been approved by Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN).

According to him, “we should appreciate Mobil in their efforts to promote sports in Akwa Ibom State; the state government should help train the athletes by sponsoring more training of this nature”.

One of the coaches, Mr. Solomon Abar, called on the state government to come into the programme and sustain it rather than leaving it to Mobil alone. “The programme should be a continuous one so as to produce athletesthat will represent Nigeria in future”.

The camp captain, Emenim Effiok thanked Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN/AKS) for the training even as he said that the training is very challenging.



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