Funke – Treasure Table Tennis Championship (F3TC) has the honour of having the support and coaching of a female table tennis icon, 5-time Table Tennis Olympian; Level Two High Performance coach ITTF certified and Sports & Execrise Analyst, Ms Abosede Kafo, who doubles as the lead coach for the championship.
Abosede Kafo coaches a participant at the event
F3TC’s initiator and founder, Ms Funke-Treasure Durodola presents a special award to Ms Abosede Kafo
Uche is a creative photographer and broadcaster with Metro FM 97.7 Lagos.
He is an award winning performance poet and the author of poetry collections, “SCAR in the HEART” published in 2014; and “Songs to a Flowerbird” published in 2018 .
1st Prize winner of ANA Lagos Poetry Performance Festival (LASPOFEST)Prize 2006
2nd Prize Poetry
Winner of Ken Saro-Wiwa Contest USA 2010,
2nd runner-up – National Poetry Slam competition 2012
2nd runner-up for FNL POETRY Competition 2012 and
1st prize Winner (March) of Poetry – African Street
Writer 2013.
Spoken Word Poet of the Year 2015 at the Nigerian Writer’s Award 2016.
2nd runner-up in the Enugu poetry prize 2018
1st Prize Humanitarian Reporter Award 2018
(Peace and Conflict Resolution Category)
Your school will benefit from the competition in the following ways:
A two- day Coaching Clinic embedded in the Championship in which participating girls will benefit from empowerment sessions on financial literacy, confidence building, reproductive health and rights and other life skills. International trainers will train the girls.
Prizes: The winning school/girl will go away with a branded Table Tennis board, a trophy, a medal, a certificate of participation, while the winning girl competitor goes away with a laptop. There will be lots of gifts from our event supporters for all participants.
Continuous Mentorship/ Coaching Outstanding participating girls will continuously be coached and groomed by F3TC and the Oyo State Table Tennis Association in partnership with the Oyo State Ministry of Youths and Sports.
Friendlies: There will be opportunities for travel and exposure to neighbouring states for competition
School Visibility: There will be increased brand visibility for your school.
Kindly confirm your participation to Mr. Niyi Alebiosu on 0802.300.0752.
Also download, fill and return the attached forms on or before 15th August, 2018 to Mrs. Bolatito Joseph at Radio Nigeria, Broadcasting House, Oba Adebimpe road, Dugbe, Ibadan.
Use the link below to download the application forms for the two nominated girls from your school.
…and the project continues to enjoy media support!
Check this as published by Guardian on July 28, 2018.
And another one by Nigerian Tribune
I want more women to break barriers —Funke-Treasure Durodola
These are popular media professionals who have distinguished themselves in their careers in the country.
The ambassadors will be coached by a female table tennis icon, 5- Time Table Tennis Olympian; Level Two High Performance Coach ITTF certified and Sports & Exercise Analyst, Ms. Abosede Kafo, who doubles as the lead coach for the championship.
F3TC’s initiator and founder, Ms. Funke-Treasure Durodola, a leading media professional will also be part of the team.
Championship ambassadors can adopt a promising girl in any of the three categories in our Adopt –A- Girl Programme.
This would ensure such a girl remains in school and keeps her interest in Table Tennis alive.
We leave your support in that wise to your imagination and preferences.
The F3TC Lagos Novelty Match is being planned for Thursday August 2, 2018.
We celebrate your continued influence and star power online and in the print media.
When influencers like you identify with projects like this, it gains traction and the buy- in of the people.
We therefore ask for your kind support, clout and platform to enable the F3TC achieve the success it deserves.
Signed:The F3TC Team
The maiden edition of The Funke – Treasure Table Tennis Championship (F3TC) is scheduled to hold in the city of Ibadan for September 18-21 2018.
For an overview and to download the concept paper, please click here.
“She was married to a man that she didn’t love. She protested but her parents forced her to marry him,” – Zubeida Nagee
Its the 8th day of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Joint Campaign.
Beyond the fun fair, and the orange your neighbourhood initiative that coloured the campaign; real life issues that women experience and struggle with continue to stare the world in the face.
The news about a group of men in Kenya who attacked an indecently dressed lady heralded the commemoration of the event this year. And then global icon, Bill Cosby made the rounds on allegations of rape which took place some years back. The state government in Lagos, Nigeria is presently campaigning, and justifiably so, against rape as a form of violence against women.
Meanwhile tucked somewhere faraway from headline news is another child bride case which is brewing presently in Northern Nigeria and tending slowly towards the horrific. And the world seem almost oblivious of it.
In Gezawa, 60 miles from Kano, Wasilat Tasi’u is presently standing trial for the murder of her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani. The man died after eating food that Tasi’u is purpoted to have laced with rat poison. She is alleged to have killed her hubby two weeks after their wedding in April, earlier this year.
Three others died from eating the food according to reports. The prosecution, led by a senior state council from the Kano State Ministry of Justice is seeking the death penalty
The case is dire in two ways. First, the legality of trying a 14-year-old for murder under criminal law. The scond borders on the rights and plight of child brides in Nigeria.
Child rights activists like Zubeida Nagee Zubeida quoted above argue that Tasi’u was a victim of systematic abuse endured by millions of girls in the Northern region. They say the blend of traditional customs, Islamic law and Nigeria’s constitutional law pose a challenge when advocating for the rights of young girls in Nigeria.
Although there was a protest about Wasilat’s predicament, nothing progressive has been achieved.
The High court judge, Justice Mohammed Yahaya has adjourned the court until December 22 while Tasi’u will be in state juvenile custody till then.
Perhaps there are just “so much trouble in the world”, echoing the words of a notable reggae artiste. World leaders are rather preoccupied with the horror that IS has continually unleashed in recent times. Or could it be that child advocates have grown weary, of an unsuccessful campaign for the release of the kidnapped Chibok girls?
Wasilat Tas’iu’s plight as a girl child in Nigeria is under reported. She is a minor who was thrown into a form of modern day slavery, who wanted out by all means.
Is killing one’s husband justifiable under the law? No. Is it justifiable within the Nigerian constitution to marry a minor? No. Will justice be served in this case? It’s over to the court of public opinion.
Please don’t let Wasilat die.
The founder and Chief executive, Children and the Environment (CATE), a (not-for-profit-organisation) Sola Arit Alamutu and her collaborator, award winning Travel Journalist and CEO Wakaabout Media, Pelu Awofeso put this video together from the first official clean up campaign to ‘fix’ public beaches in Lagos.
Find the text accompanying the video slightly modified:
The General Manager of Radio One 103.5 FM in this video describes the foul state of Okun Alfa (popularly known as Alpha Beach). “It is depressing. One is supposed to come to the beach and be refreshed but this place is not refreshing in the least.”
Mrs Durodola made this observation as guest of honour at the cleanup exercise organized by Children and the Environment (CATE), a not-for-profit-organisation, and Wakaabout Media, promoters of Nigerian culture, arts and domestic tourism on Saturday 18th October 2014.
Funke-Treasure talks about herself as a story teller combining two mediums.