Flamingos' feat: NAWOJ demands sustained investment in girls' sports

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has urged the Federal Government to prolong concern successful women's shot pursuing the outstanding show of Nigeria's U-17 pistillate team, the Flamingos, connected the planetary stage.

In a connection connected Sunday, the Ogun State Chapter of the relation said the team's show of courageousness and subject was impervious of the endowment and imaginable of the Nigerian girl-child erstwhile fixed accidental and support.

The Chairperson, Morenikeji Sobaloju, said the accomplishment goes beyond football, noting that sustained concern successful pistillate information successful sports remains a instrumentality for promoting sex equality, gathering assurance and empowering young women.

NAWOJ commended the Federal Government and the National Sports Commission for efforts to reposition the sports sector, but urged authorities to spell beyond celebration.

The relation called for improved facilities, capable payment for athletes and coaches, and accrued backing for grassroots sports successful schools and communities wherever galore talented girls stay undiscovered.

It besides urged the media to springiness pistillate athletes accordant coverage, not lone erstwhile they grounds large victories.

“The Flamingos person erstwhile again demonstrated that endowment is abundant successful Nigeria. What is required is simply a deliberate and sustainable strategy that discovers, nurtures and rewards specified talent.

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