More publicity will enhance taekwondo growth in Nigeria

A coach with the Lagos State Taekwondo Association, Peace Ogunnowo, on Thursday in Abuja urged for more publicity for taekwondo for the sports to be better appreciated in Nigeria.She said the only way taekwondo could be more valued in Nigeria like other sports is through more publicity that would create the much-needed awareness about it.Ogunnowo lamented the low number of spectators who witnessed the just-concluded third Korean Ambassadors Taekwondo Championship in Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the taekwondo championship was held at the Velodrome of the Abuja National Stadium from December 2 to 5.The championship organised by the Korean Cultural Centre of the Embassy of Korea Republic in Nigeria in conjunction with the Taekwondo Federation of Nigeria was sponsored by LG Electronics.Ogunnowo said, Nigerians are just ignorant about taekwondo in terms of their level of awareness about the sport.Most Nigerians dont even know what taekwondo entails. It is a combat sport that deals more with the hands and the legs.Some people will just tell you that their children cannot go and learn how to fight, and this is not so.
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