{"id":298,"date":"2012-04-27T22:25:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T22:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2012-04-27T22:25:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T22:25:03","slug":"lets-play-makes-great-gains-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Play makes great gains in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-299\" title=\"ss\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ss.jpg 599w, http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ss-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Super Sport, the leading sport content provider on the African continent and the National Sports Commission (NSC) have successfully hosted the Let\u2019s Play football coaching skills clinic at the National Sport Commission Sports Centre in Aboh Mbise, Nguru, on Tuesday,<br \/>\nAttended by over 500 enthusiastic children from the local community, the clinic was organized as part of activities to encourage play among youths and stimulate both their physical and mental development.<br \/>\nAs part of efforts to leave a lasting impression on the young participants, each learner at the clinic received a Let\u2019s Play T-shirt and Let\u2019s Play football, plus a rare opportunity to meet one of the game\u2019s icons in Victor lkpeba, former Super Eagles player and ex international.<br \/>\nCommenting on the initiative by SuperSport, Chief Dr. Patrick Ekeji, Director General of the National Sports Commission says, \u201cThe National Sports Commission endorses the Super Sport Let\u2019s Play initiative and looks forward to a great and enduring partnership. Through this endorsement, the National Sport Commission is confident that the Let\u2019s Play initiative will encourage play, activity and sport in schools and communities as well as contributing to the promotion of a positive path to the well-being for all youth.\u201d<br \/>\nManager, CSI and Enterprises for Super Sport, Mr. Vaughn Bishop says, \u201cI\u2019m delighted by the surge in interest in Let\u2019s Play by all Nigerians; the buy-in and support of the different associations has been tremendous and I\u2019m greatly encouraged.<br \/>\nWhile appreciating the support of the National Sports Commission, Felix Awogu, General Manager of Super Sport Nigeria says, \u201cIf Let\u2019s Play can help more kids get off the streets and be active, we will have done our job. I am grateful for the way Nigerians have embraced Let\u2019s Play.\u201d<br \/>\nEight months after being launched in Nigeria, Super Sport\u2019s Lets Play initiative continues to make great strides.<br \/>\nHaving received an initial endorsement from the National Sports Commission, Let\u2019s Play (which encourages play, activity and sport in schools and communities as well as contributing to the promotion of a positive path to the wellbeing for all youth) has since concluded additional partnerships.<br \/>\nThese include collaborations with the Lagos State Football Association, Lagos State Rugby<br \/>\nAssociation, National Rugby Football Federation and UNICEF Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Sport, the leading sport content provider on the African continent and the National Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=13\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}