Caverton-Powered Drone Soccer Launches First Training Event In Lagos

Drone Soccer, an innovative athletics merging technology, teamwork, and aeronautical engineering, has made it’s debut successful Lagos, Nigeria’s commercialized city.

The event, powered by Caverton Helicopters, a subsidiary of Caverton Offshore Support Group nether the banner of the Federation of International Drone Soccer Association (FIDA Nigeria), took spot astatine the Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium successful Surulere during play amid funfair.

Mr. Lekan Fatodu, Director-General of the Lagos State Sports Commission, represented by Deputy Director of Sports Ifeoluwa Ogunlaja, spoke of the unsocial attributes of Drone Soccer. He noted that it fosters assemblage engagement portion promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) acquisition and inclusivity.

In his opening remarks, Mr. Rotimi Makanjuola, President of FIDA Nigeria, welcomed participants to the caller venture, labelling it a important milestone for sports successful Lagos State. “Today marks a caller section successful the intersection of sports, science, and innovation successful Nigeria,” helium declared. “Drone Soccer is much than conscionable a game; it unites exertion and teamwork successful a high-energy, goal-based contention utilizing flying drones successful protective cages. Importantly, it introduces young radical to STEM acquisition done sports, encouraging them to research robotics and aeronautics.”

Makanjuola emphasised the value of launching Drone Soccer successful Lagos, which helium referred to arsenic Nigeria’s hub of excellence and innovation. He praised the visionary enactment of the Lagos State Sports Commission and highlighted the strategical concern betwixt FIDA Nigeria and the Commission arsenic pivotal successful empowering younker and enhancing integer literacy portion exploring caller planetary opportunities.

“At FIDA Nigeria, we strive to rise consciousness astir this comparatively caller sport. We chose to collaborate with the Lagos State Sports Commission due to the fact that of the state’s pioneering spirit,” helium said. He cited the caller E1 Lagos GP electrical vessel racing lawsuit arsenic an illustration of Lagos’s enactment successful innovation. “Drone Soccer aligns with the aboriginal of Artificial Intelligence, which is integral to drone exertion and STEM education. We judge that by focusing connected young radical successful Nigeria, we tin hole them for aboriginal advancements.”

Makanjuola commended Caverton for its support, which aligns with the company’s past of innovation arsenic Nigeria’s archetypal indigenous chopper relation successful the lipid and state sector. He mentioned that Caverton has begun providing cultivation drone grooming successful collaboration with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure. He added, “Currently, we person 102 individuals being trained arsenic umpires and referees, with expectations for much arsenic we prosecute with schools.”

Ese Obukonise, General Secretary of FIDA Nigeria, underscored Nigeria’s presumption arsenic an aboriginal subordinate successful planetary drone soccer, being 1 of lone 2 African nations registered with the planetary association. He praised the caller World Cup held successful South Korea, describing it arsenic a pivotal infinitesimal for Nigeria’s engagement successful Drone Soccer, and expressed gratitude to Caverton Helicopters for their sponsorship.

Obukonise noted that Morocco was the lone different African state participating astatine the World Cup, among 25 authoritative members from astir the world, and highlighted the request for authorities enactment to beforehand the athletics passim Nigeria.

Participant Tobiloba Ogunlaja expressed enthusiasm for Drone Soccer, stating, “This is my archetypal acquisition with this sport, and I americium genuinely excited astir it. I anticipation to prosecute it professionally and advocator for much enactment and concern successful Nigeria, recognising its immense potential.”

The lawsuit highlighted the promising aboriginal of Drone Soccer successful Nigeria, paving the mode for innovation and an engaged younker assemblage successful the technological landscape.