THE first ever sports fiesta organised for medical doctors will be flagged off today by the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.
Tagged: ‘Maiden Nigerian Medical Doctors’ Games,’ medical doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) from all the 36 states of Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday stormed Eket, for the seven-day event, which the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) President, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, said was designed to keep doctors healthy and sharp in the discharfge of their duties.
In a statement yesterday, Enabulele said, “the national games was introduced by the current leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association as part of the overall strategy to promote quality healthcare delivery in Nigeria by ensuring that medical doctors/dentists remain physically, mentally and medically fit with improved health status and life expectancy, by indulging in sports and practicing what they preach to their patients.”
Enabulele said the Games is expected to attract over 1000 medical doctors to the ‘destination city’, and shall feature football, Lawn tennis (male and female), table tennis (male and female), basket ball (male and female), badminton (male and female) scrabble (male and female), Chess (male and female) and draught (male).
The opening ceremony will feature the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu as Guest of Honour, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Dr Godswill Akpabio as Chief Host, and the Executive Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as special guest of honour.
The NMA president said already the zonal competitions/play-offs to choose representatives from the six geo-political zones, Lagos and the host Chapter, Akwa Ibom, have been held, with all eyes now focused on the final of the games billed to run from yesterday to February 22, 2014.
Enabulele said with the anticipated high standard of the games and the enthusiasm so far shown by doctors, as well as lots of coaches and scouts, the games promises to be an exciting and revealing event, which will create opportunities to discover athletes and talents that can help improve the current performance of Nigeria’s various national teams.
“We, therefore, invite all Nigerians, local and foreign scouts and coaches, including Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, to come over to Eket to discover abundant talents for Nigeria’s various national teams,” he said.
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