NTF trains 200 IDP kids in taekwondo
The President of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation, Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Binga has promised to explore all avenues to introduce taekwondo to the internally displaced persons [IDP] camps in Maiduguri.
During a visit by the 20-person contingent to the “Farm Center” camp in Maiduguri, Borno state over the weekend, over 200 children were engaged in taekwondo training and physical exercises.
Binga explained that the objective of the visit was to distribute some taekwondo equipment and explore the possibility of introducing taekwondo to a couple of the IDP camps.
Director of State Emergency Management Agency, Engr Satomi Ahmed said, “you can see how happy the kids are, activities like this engage them and give them a lot of hope. We hope that a program can be established so the young people can be consistently engaged.
“These are the people that sports can help the most. We will start the bureaucratic process that will get the Federation cleared to start up this program. It would keep the local coaches in Borno busy, the kids engaged and certainly we hope that in a few years, many of these kids would have developed their talents and be good enough to enter the national teams”
Taekwondo uniforms and taekwondo kicking shoes were delivered to the camp authorities to distribute to the kids, with the Federation promising to send in several bags of rice within a fortnight to complement the donated items.