Christy Opara Unveils Plans To Empower Over 300 Girls Through Sports, Mentorship

Former Nigerian planetary and Olympic medallist Christy Opara has announced plans to empower betwixt 200 and 300 girls done sports and mentorship successful commemoration of the 2025 International Day of the Girl Child.

The Nigerian-American way and tract jock revealed her inaugural astatine a property league held successful Abuja yesterday. She stated that the programme, sponsored by the Soho24 Foundation, aims to heighten acquisition opportunities for girls portion fostering indispensable qualities instilled by sports, specified arsenic discipline, resilience, and teamwork. The task is acceptable to motorboat connected Saturday, 11 October.

Opara expressed her heavy honour successful participating successful a historical inaugural aimed astatine unlocking the imaginable of girls crossed Nigeria and Africa. She remarked, “Today is not conscionable astir making an announcement; it is astir fulfilling promises and taking bold, decisive enactment for the miss child.”

Ambassador Opara passionately emphasised that each miss deserves entree to prime education, the accidental to showcase her talents, and a supportive web to assistance realise her dreams. “She deserves the accidental to not conscionable past but to thrive, lead, and shine,” she declared.

The Olympian highlighted the initiative’s extremity of promoting sex equality by empowering girls with assurance and mentorship, enabling them to excel connected a planetary stage.

With a absorption connected creating a tangible impact, Opara announced that the programme volition see life-changing experiences done workshops, mentorship sessions, and skill-building activities.

Additionally, a peculiar novelty shot lucifer volition beryllium held betwixt teams from the Paramilitary and Defence Headquarters, symbolising unity, inclusion, and concern successful this transformative effort.
Reflecting connected her travel arsenic an Olympian, mother, and advocator for youth, Opara shared her content that greatness stems from resilience and assemblage support. “We privation to connection each miss kid successful Nigeria the opportunities they deserve,” she affirmed.

Opara concluded her code with a almighty committedness to nurturing a procreation of girls who volition interruption barriers and pb with pride. “Together, fto america state that nary miss volition beryllium near behind,” she proclaimed.

At the property conference, Dr Caleb Gidado, erstwhile Director of Planning, Research and Documentation astatine the National Sports Commission, commended Ambassador Christy Opara for her foresight successful giving backmost to society, describing her arsenic a relation exemplary worthy of emulation.

“Thank you for organising this broad programme to lend to society. This is genuinely worthy of emulation. You haven’t conscionable reached the pinnacle of your career; you’ve besides won an Olympic medal, and present you’re present actively seeking to place your successors. I firmly judge that this inaugural volition animate galore aboriginal golden medalists,” helium stated.

DSP Adah Nwakaego, representing the Nigerian Police Force, applauded Ambassador Opara for partnering with the Police Campaign Against Crime and Other Vices (POCACOV) connected the miss kid empowerment initiative, highlighting the neglect faced by girls successful Nigeria and crossed Africa.

“The miss kid has agelong been neglected, and you, arsenic a pistillate of dignity, person returned location to interaction their lives and marque them invaluable members of society. We are grateful and profoundly admit your concern with POCACOV for this initiative,” she said.