The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday emerged the winner of a maiden edition of the Nigerian Union of Journalists( NUJ) FCT Correspondents Chapel’s three-day football tournament.
The Safety Shooters defeated Federal High Court (FHC) 6-5 on penalty to emerge the winner after the game ended 1-1 in regulation time.
Meanwhile, NUJ President Christopher Isiguzo led FCT Correspondents Chapel’s team defeated Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 3-2 in a keenly contested novelty match played shortly after the final.
The Special Guest of Honor and Corps Marshal Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu who was represented by the Corps’ Public Education Officer Bisi Kazeem commended NUJ Correspondents Chapel for her efforts in organizing the tournament.
He described the sporting activity by the media as a step in the right direction said the importance of sport in the country cannot be overemphasized.
Also speaking the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Christopher Isiguzo commended the leadership of the NUJ FCT Correspondents Chapel describing the tournament as the first of its kind
While commending the NUJ correspondents chapel for winning the novelty match against the Nigeria Bar Association NBA, he said there is no Victor, no vanquish
Also speaking at the event Veteran Journalist and Managing Editor Northern Region The Nation Newspaper, Yusuf Alli praised the FCT NUJ Correspondents Chapel for a job welldone.
Alli described the outing as the first of its kind and looked forward to another interesting tournament in the future.
Speaking earlier the Chairman NUJ FCT Correspondents, Mr. Jide Oyekunle said the tournament is not tailored to make winning the overall aim but to further boost and strengthen friendly relationships among the participating organizations in the interest of the country.
He said there is a need to leverage on the sporting activities to bridge the gap
and align interests across board for the purpose of better working relationships.
According to him ” Today marks a milestone in the history of our Union with the successful hosting of our 3-Day Football Tournament as part of activities to formally unveil our football team ” TEAM CORRESPONDENTS ”
In the course of carrying out our statutory responsibilities, we cross each other’s paths by commission or omission, which at times may have resulted in misunderstanding and bickering.
This event will further promote the working relationship, collaboration and synergy among the participating organizations”.
