First Lady, Akpabio, Governors To Attend SWAN’s 60th Diamond Jubilee Celebration

First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Mrs Ekaette Unoma Akpabio (wife of the Senate President), on with 2 governors from the North-Central region, are among the notable figures from governance and the sporting manufacture acceptable to be the 60th Diamond Jubilee day solemnisation of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) successful Abuja.

The SWAN’s Diamond Jubilee festivities volition instrumentality spot from 29 to 31 October 2025, featuring a symposium, a novelty match, the motorboat of entreaty funds, and an awards ceremonial to honour distinguished members of the association, governors, sports promoters, administrators, philanthropists, and different stakeholders.

During a property league marking the upcoming day solemnisation successful Abuja yesterday, the nationalist president of the association, Mr Isaiah Benjamin, announced that the lawsuit volition beryllium chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau. It volition commence with a Full Council gathering involving each authorities chairmen, secretaries, and members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) connected the archetypal day.

“It has go imperative for america arsenic sports writers to find clip to observe ourselves, arsenic good arsenic our friends who person importantly contributed to the improvement of sports successful the country. There are implicit 200 nominees extracurricular the journalists, athletes, coaches, and administrators,” Benjamin stated.
Earlier, the president of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), Ben Ogbemudia, provided insights into the event, assuring that capable arrangements are successful spot to warrant a seamless juncture that makes invited guests consciousness astatine home.

In his remarks, Samuel Ahmadu, Secretary of the Main Organising Committee (MOC), announced that 2 salient and seasoned sports journalists, Aisha Falode and Emeka Enyadike, volition contiguous papers connected the aboriginal of sports journalism and improvement successful Nigeria arsenic portion of the celebration.

Dr. Abdulgafar Oladimeji, Chairman of the Awards Committee for the SWAN astatine 60 celebration, noted that the awards align with the SWAN Statute. He mentioned 3 categories of awardees, including progressive athletes similar Victor Osimhen and Tobi Amosun, arsenic good arsenic retired legends specified arsenic Nwankwo Kanu and Austin Okocha. There volition besides beryllium posthumous awards for figures similar Rashidi Yekini, Stephen Keshi, and Shuaibu Amodu.

In her goodwill message, Kemi Kehinde Ajayi, Director of Information and Public Relations for the National Sports Commission (NSC), assured of the NSC’s afloat information successful the event.
Ajayi highlighted the longstanding cordial narration betwixt SWAN and the NSC, affirming their continued collaboration for the maturation and improvement of sports successful the country.