Friday, 10 February 2023

SHOOTING FROM EVERY ARSENAL TO ENSURE THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY IN NIGERIA, IS GIVING A PRIDE OF PLACE

 

The Parafootballers digging it out in style 
at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

Gradually we are getting closer to the major purpose of the PARA-Pavilion and Power-lifting column of your darling Platform. I always feel highly elated and inspired coming to interface with my wonderful family, a community of barrier breakers and change makers. I welcome you in a grand style. Yesoooo!

To you my very enthusiastic, inspirational and supportive Able-body members of the public, in particular those that have consistently been shooting from all arsenals to ensure that the Disability community in Nigeria, is giving a pride of place, I cannot not thank you enough. At the appropriate time and place, names will be mentioned. May be, who knows, one day we shall organize Award presentations and offer deserving individuals and groups due recognition for their various roles towards building this community of game changers, over comers and committed contributors to nation building and development.

For those who have not supported our struggle, there are no qualms. We appreciate you too. That you have not supported us does not mean you won’t do so tomorrow. Now that things are the way they are, your non-supportive roles as individuals and groups have gone a very long way to build and strengthen us. Who knows without the huddles arising from your non supportive posture, most of us may not have attained the level of result we have presently; and without such attainment obviously we wouldn’t have been reckoned with. I am optimistic that many of the people who are not supporting the PWDS at the moment will be ardent champions of our course in the future. As we continue to strive in our endevours, a time shall come when we will post the kind of result that will appeal to the non-supportive people, and surely at this point their support will manifest glaringly, strategically and systematic. I belief that some people are not supporting simply because they feel nothing can come out of such support, since to them the PWDs cannot achieve anything in life. For sure they do not hate the PWDs.

It is for such reasons and others similar to them that the PARA-Sports Pavilion and the Power-lifting column are created, to aggregate some of the achievements of the PWDs in Sports, and other areas of life, in both local and international outings. The results surely are huge, heartwarming and some internationality acclaimed, and recognized. These results and many more that will still be won, I belief strongly, will change some of the behavior people portray when dealing with the PWDs. Many of such people will be moved even, on their own volition, to become ardent in their support of the PWDs.

The National Sports Festival which held in Delta State, produced some heartwarming developments for PARA-sports that I will be sharing with you in the later days. My dearly beloved PARA-Sportsmen and women, coaches and members of the technical crew, supporters of para-sports and those that watch and cheer their favourite sporting individuals and teams as they perform, let us take this gathering very serious and ensure we assemble in large number. Invite others, share your views and suggestions and contribute in any other ways you find proper or expedient. Just do something positive. Let’s build what is our own.

Para-footballers in action at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium Jos Plateau State, Nigeria


I promise to make every moment shared on this platform educating, informative, fun and entertainment driven. It’s gonna be memorable and enriching. Opportunities for business will be opened as I plan to bring on board experts that will build our capacity and prepare us to take advantage of the opportunities the environment is throwing up… prepare to key in. Keep visiting and reading … we appreciate the time spent and interest shown in us

Esther Sunday Makwe (Esty)

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