The Director General of, the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and President, of Nigeria Golf Federation, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has commended the Executive Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi U. Ganduja, for refuting an online media report that Kano Golf Course has been revoked by the State Government.
Reacting Thursday to a statement by the Kano State Commissioner of Information and Internal Affairs, Mallam Muhammad Garba, debunking the online report, Runsewe stated that development has come as cheering news to the golfing community in Nigeria.
Runsewe stated that the Nigerian golfing community was apprehensive upon reading the fake news from an online medium because of the strategic position of Kano Golf Course as one of the oldest in Nigeria and in West Africa.
He added that Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), the Nigeria golfers and the golfing world are excited by the swift response of the Kano State Government, debunking the fake online report.
“On behalf of the golfing community in Nigeria, I salute the courage and statesmanship of His Excellency as exhibited in taking this bold decision”, Runsewe said.
Noting that NGF and the Nigerian golfing community are grateful to the governor, he assured that golfers in Kano will continue to operate within the ambit of the laws of the land.
He said: “As the President of the NGF, I will continuously ensure that all Golf Clubs in Nigeria play according to the laws of the land as we work together to reposition golf as a frontline game and as a serious economic venture that can contribute significantly to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Runsewe concluded”.
