Utter
what you wish to say of him, but one of Africa’s frontline pillars of sport,
Chief Dr Uzor Orji Kalu remains one of the Country’s forthright and fearless
speaker when it comes to sundry national issues-be it economical, politics or
sports
Not
known to call a spade by a marines name, the former Governor of Abia state and
the first Governor to lead any team to
break the jinx that haunted Nigeria for many years where the CAF Champion’s league
is concerned, when he took ENYIMBA to win the trophy twice, is now fighting a
new sports battle
This
time, not in area of soccer, but in athletics, where the Igbo leader has vowed
to stage a one man protest match to the presidency if honor is not giving to
whom honor is due
Dr
Kalu in loud protest wants Nigerian
Government to do the right thing by honoring one of the Country’s best sporting
ambassador, the medal merchant, Blessing Okagbare, who shone like millions
stars at the last world athletic championship
Thunders
Kalu: ‘I feel for Okagbare. Never in our
history did anyone single handedly win all the Country’s medal in a senior
global completion, Okagbare achieved that in Moscow, yet nobody is planning a
Presidential reception for the great pride of Africa
‘I
know this Government is gender friendly and sensitive, I am ready to march to
the office of the First lady to make my case for Okagbare, we can all re call
vividly that the last time Nigeria went for a big completion in Moscow, that
was tagged the disastrous Moscow 1980 Olympics, our best was a sad seventh in
the men’s 4 x 100 relay, where the quartet of Hameed Adio,Kayode
Elegbede,Samson Oyeledun and Peter Okodogbe made it to the final, that year the
Americans, the Britain’s and West Germany where all absent, yet we won no
medal, this year they all came and Blessing did the impossible by winning two
medals’ It is only logical for her to get Presidential handshake’’ DR Kalu
charged
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