An Olympic Solidarity Sports Administrator/ Manager, Ebere Amaraizu has advocated more women inclusion in Sports in Nigeria in order to help at ensuring that their enormous potentials are tapped for effective societal change and growth as well as development.
Coach Amaraizu, who also is the Pillar of Sports in Enugu State and the chairman Enugu State Taekwondo Association made this known on the occasion of the International Women’s Day ( IWD2024).
According to the versatile sports manager and administrator, women have got a lot of potentials in them and such potentials if well harnessed and put into constant use will continue to bring positive change and development for a greater society.
He pointed out that our society is ripe for full compliance of all premier league and National league club sides to maintain and run formidable women football club sides to give room for wider inclusion and opportunities for women in sports especially football.
His words: “I know that there are great numbers of women in some sports and football but there numbers appears insignificant compared to our population.
“We should give wider attention on grassroot sports talent hunt and discovery anchored on creation of awareness and promotion of women participation in sports as this will help to facilitate the process of the use of their enermous potentials for to effect the required societal change in our sports ecosystem.
“I am yet to see Enyimba Queens FC. I am yet to see Rangers Intl Amazon amongst others. Other clubs should be reminded to emulate clubs like Nasarawa Amazons, Bayelsa Queens, Heartland Queens, Rivers Angels, Confluence Queens amongst others.
“The grassroot sports framework should also include more women in boxing, chess, athletics, taekwondo, mixed martial arts, triathlon, arm wrestling, judo, basketball, volleyball, handball, cycling amongst others.
“Potentials in women especially in sports are not harnessed and explored because not much attention are paid on women Inclusion and participation in sports to promote excellence which is one of the core values of olympic values.”
