... LGAN President begs FG to include Golf in National Sports
Report by Shafii Adams
No fewer than two hundred and fifty Lady Golfers from across Nigeria are currently in Minna, the Niger state capital for this year’s Northern Zone Golf Championship 2025.
While addressing Sports Writers as part of activities to mark the opening ceremony of the 2025, Northern Zone Golf Championship, the National President of the Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria (LGAN), Evelyn Oyome disclosed that by November this year, 26 African countries are expected to come to Nigeria for the All Africa Golf Challenge Trophy taking place in the IBB Golf club, Abuja.
Oyome then appealed to the federal government through the National Sports Commission to do all it can to ensure the challenge is a success.
She further appealed to the federal government to reinstate Golf as an event in National Sports, adding that “Golf has not been introduced to the next Olympics.”
Earlier in her remarks, the 1st Vice President, LGAN, Lami Onayi Ahmed said the event which starts on Wednesday 18th and end on Saturday 21st will be played over 54 holes by 250 players.
According to her “we choose Minna because we want to spread the tournament to every part of the North and to encourage women to participate.”
She added that, the championship is a World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) standard which will feature Amateur Ladies while men will participate as guest players.
