Its Pesident, Sulaimon Gora, who made this statement in an interview with sportsweight.blogspot.com, said the gesture which had led to the increase in the number of Youth Scrabble Academies in Nigeria had been accepted by three states of the federation.
While explaining that the Federal Government needs to invest in sports in a bid to build a virile society through the leaders of tomorrow, said the Federation presented a large number of youth scrabble players in the last Youth Championship in Dubai in order to garner enough experience and to acquint themselves with international scrabble championship.
Gora, said he was delighted over the maiden of Lagos International scrabble classics because Nigeria would be the only scrabble playing nation that has been able to stage two world class international scrabble classics (the Godswill Akpabio Scrabble Classics and the ongoing Lagos International scrabble classics), stressing that having two scrabble classic shows that Nigeria is very vast in the game of scrabble.
The NSF President, who commends Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola for deeming it necessary to include Scrabble in the Lagos International Sports Classics which has ten different Sports, adding that the state has proven to be the "Centre of Excellence" with the introduction of international Sports Classics.
He said Nigerian Scrabble players were among the best ten scrabble players in the world as the nation's first- two scrabble players could withstand any scrabble player in the world based on the determination and commitment of Nigerian players to the game.
Meanwhile, a scrabble player,Osikhena Ojior, says the ongoing Lagos International scrabble classic at the Sir Molade Okaya-Thomas Sportshall will help drive the sport among Nigerian young scrabble players.
"Heart warning to have the classic apart the Godswill Akpabio International Scrabble Classic which has been in existence for 7 years". The competition will help drive the sport especially among the young ones over major plans".
"Ojior, who has been playing the game since 1982, said the current board of Nigeria scrabble Federation, NSF, under Sulaimon Gora, had been able to add value to the sport by introducing the sport to pupils at the primary and secondary schools.
"The next phase of developing scrabble is to engage the younger ones basically at the primary and secondary schools level.It the last 10 years, we have been looking for ways to incorporate corporate bodies.
"Draws back of the sport is that corporate bodies see scrabble as a non-spectator sport. "But it is far from it. Scrabble has a distinct advantage of developing ones intellect and ability to plan ahead".
While describing scrabble as a sport that develop individual's intellect, said inability of corporate bodies to have adequate knowledge of the sport had affected the growth of the sport which has produced world's great scrabble stars.
He said Nigerian scrabble players clinched the first and second position at the last Godswill Akpabio International scrabble players which paraded former and current world's scrabble champions.
"Nigerian scrabble players held the 1st and 2nd position during the last Godswill Akpabio scrabble which feature current and former World scrabble players Nigeria.
Nigeria is among the top five scrabble players in the world as Samio Okosagba who resides in USA came 3rd at the World scrabble event in Poland. Inability to secure visa for Nigerian scrabble also deprived the nation's presentation to win laurels at the last world scrabble championship in Poland.
He said Thailand had been able to produce world's great scrabble players because over seven thousand scrabble young players always participate in the event.
"Over 7,000 kinds feature in a scrabble event sponsored by the nation's king. Thailand is a non -English speaking country but today they have been to develop that they produced a scrabble world champions.
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