The National President, Sa’idu Abdullahi, revealed this at the end of the maiden edition of the Taekwondo Kids Competition in Kebbi State.
The Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF) has started to hunt for talents at the grassroots that will represent the country at international competitions.
The National President, Sa’idu Abdullahi, revealed this at the end of the maiden edition of the Taekwondo Kids Competition in Kebbi State.
Abdullahi presented gifts, certificates, and medals to prominent personalities and winners of the Taekwondo Kids Competition.
He added that the federation started hunting for talents 10 years ago and they will continue to leverage on the programs.
He said, “What you see here today is a 10-year dream, for the past 10 years we have been developing this academy and the essence is to help build taekwondo at the grassroots level and the only way we can do that is to catch them young.
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“So, we established this academy to educate, train and teach our own children art of taekwondo sport and taekwondo self-defense. What you are seeing today is the first ever taekwondo kids competition in Kebbi state.”
“That’s why we are all here. We are here to watch and see how and where we can advise government to come in, extend a helping hand to improve the game.”
Other events scheduled for Kebbi this year are the Kebbi National Open Championship scheduled for September and the Inspector General of Police (IG-P) National Taekwondo Championship slated for November.