NOC President/Sports For All eulogize fitness trainers seminar.

President of Nigeria Olympic Committee ( NOC), Engr. Habu Gumel has commended all the instructors and participants that attended the just concluded NOC Fitness Seminar that took place from 18-19 September, 2024, at the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Secretariat, Abuja in collaboration with the Sports For All Commission.
Engr. Gumel who declared the event open, hinted on the importance of the Fitness Training exercise and the need to harness and develop instructors and resource persons that will specifically serve in the Sports Council and other stakeholders in the fitness management.
He said the programme was last held in 2017 ( eight years ago) and the NOC considered it very necessary to re-activate such an important programme, hence the collaboration with the Sports All Commission for this 2nd edition under the International Olympic Committee’s Solidarity initiative to benefit Nigeria’s Fitness Trainers in view of its importance.
With training of resource persons that will work in the State Gym and increase in Capacity as it’s main objective, the President stressed that re-activation of such loudable programme cannot come at no better time than now considering the importance Health and Fitness exercise.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Sports For All Commission, Dr. Abdul Ibrahim gave kudos to the IOC facilitators of the programme, Dr Adebukola Bojuwoye, Joel Uzamere and Prof. Dominic Funmilola for a job well done.
He charged the participants who are now empowered with more knowledge to go back to their base to put what they have learnt into practice