OGUN TENNIS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION SETS PLAN OF ACTION TO REVAMP FACILITIES ACROSS THE STATE

Ogun State Tennis Association has announced plans to refurbish playing courts across the state to make the facilities playable. 

Some of the tennis courts are in unplayable condition, extremely overgrown and not taken care of, over the years by successive governments. 

As part of its determination to put them back on track, members of the association who had recently concluded facility tour to Abeokuta, Asero, Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode and Ilaro playing centres have set a plan of action to reconstruct some of the dilapidated tennis courts. 

During the visit, Tennis Association Chairman Arc. Adeleke Bada, who led the team, expressed dissatisfaction over the deplorable states of some of the facilities, he however vowed that, the association would immediately intervene, by the association funding to support government to levelling up sports provision across the state, as well as support a new generation of players to get into tennis. 

Bada said a new tennis court would be  constructed inside M.K.O Abiola Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta with support of already identified sponsors as soon as government allocates land for that purpose; he also assured that,  association would work with government and other relevant stakeholders to get some of the tennis courts into use.

"once the tennis court is completed it will attract competitions; and championships will hold and that will put the sports where it rightly belongs in the state and it will attract national and international attention."

Some of the Courts Managers, during interaction with members of the association, were happy for the visit. They expressed optimism that, the intervention would be timely delivered in order to make the playing centres a beehive of activities and return them to its past glory. 

Tennis Head coach, Kehinde Ijaola said the association was determined to increasing opportunities for children and young people to take part in tennis; which, according to him, necessitated the activity action plan which includes sponsoring of championships as soon as the facilities were put in order.