Ogunjimi leads 60 officials to Mobil sports in Uyo

Renowned Athletics Scholar and coach, Professor Lucas
Ogunjimi is at the head of 60 Officials who have been invited
to take part in the 14th AKS/NNPC/MPN Schools Athletics
Championships billed for Uyo on Saturday, February 7 2015.
In a release made public by the National Athletics Technical
Officials (NAATO) Akwa Ibom State branch, Professor Ogunjimi
is listed as the Competitions Director
Professor Ogunjimi is no stranger to the competition as he
has been physical present in the last eight editions and
counting.
Also listed is Deaconess Utitofon Nkantah (FRM) as the
Technical Director, and two other Professors, Track Referee
Professor Ignatius Uduk and field referee Professor Ini Jonah
Deaconess Utitofon Nkantah ( Nee Uko) who is the NAATO
president in the state said she is happy with the quality of the
officiating crew which will be reinforced by the National body.
“ ….If you go down the list you will notice that ex national
track stars Eno Smart Ekpo, Dorathy Asangusung and
Menyene Nkwo head the track, field and Time Keeping crew
respectively.
“….There is nothing like school sports when it comes to
officiating. You don’t lower standards. In fact you are more
careful and thorough because you want to make sure that
times and distances recorded are exact in order to guide the
sate and national body in tracking the potentials available for
future observation and use.” Deaconess Nkantah said.
The State Director of Sports Coach Aniedi Dickson and his
Secondary Schools sports Directorate counterpart Elder
Samuel Umanah will also be on hand to superintend the
Championship that is one of its kind in the Federation.
For the State Director of sports, the competition could not
have come at a better time. “….Last year the training that the
student were subjected to in Calabar helped us greatly to
triumph at the National Junior Competition in Abuja.
“With the National Sports Festival just months away I will be
following the competition very keenly” Coach Aniedi Dickson
declared.