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Over 10 countries will feature at the championship slated for August 24-28 in Lekki, Lagos.
Ahead of the maiden edition of the Dr. Winifred Awosika Africa Youth Scrabble Championship, the minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare, will receive the championship trophy in Abuja on Monday.
The prestigious trophy has been on a tour of African countries as a way of eliciting awareness and motivating school children and youth on the social, cultural, and educational influences Scrabble wields as a mind game and a competitive sport.
The U-15 and U-19 divisions of the competition, which will run concurrently with the President's Cup from August 24-28 in Lekki, Lagos, will feature athletes from Ghana, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Liberia, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Zambia, and other nations.
The Trophy Tour is unprecedented and the first ever for any continental Scrabble tournament.
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According to the program of events, Nigeria as the host country will be the next to welcome the Trophy Tour after it was received by top government officials in countries visited so far.
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The Dr. Winifred Awosika Trophy is anticipated to arrive at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Monday morning ahead of a reception where Chrisland School personnel, students, management, and fans will be entertained by the band and cultural troops of the Nigeria Police Force.
After the reception, activities will shift to the Sports Ministry where the minister of Youth and Sports Development Dare will receive the adorable trophy in person by 4pm at the remarkable event.
President of Pan Africa Scrabble Association (PANASA) Adegbesan Adekoyejo who has been on the Trophy Tour with the only African to win the World Championship Wellington Jighere said Monday's event underlines the significance of scrabble in human development.
He said, "We are glad with the impact the Dr Winifred Awosika Africa Youth Scrabble Championship Trophy Tour has made on many communities and groups including school children in Africa. Sports ministers of the countries it has gone to in the past weeks have expressed strong support for the development of scrabble as a competitive sport.
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