Ocheho seeks corporate support for handball in Nigeria

The president of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), Mr. Sam Ocheho, has pleaded to corporate entities to support the HFN’s programs (HFN). He made the demand at a press conference for the Senior Male National Handball Team, which is getting ready for the 25th Africa Men Handball Championship in Abuja. According to him, the […]

The president of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), Mr. Sam Ocheho, has pleaded to corporate entities to support the HFN’s programs (HFN).

He made the demand at a press conference for the Senior Male National Handball Team, which is getting ready for the 25th Africa Men Handball Championship in Abuja.

According to him, the backing of corporate Nigeria will go a long way in aiding the development and growth of the sport just as he expressed his hope that handball will once again take its rightful place as a household brand and be played on the streets of Nigerian cities.

“My joy would be to see handball played on the streets of Nigeria just like football and for the sport to be a household name once again.

“The support of corporate Nigeria will go a long way in achieving that. That’s why I want to thank the corporate bodies for partnering with us in ensuring that we make the national team do well at the Nations Cup because they saw the zeal of the HFN board and they have joined us to put Nigeria back on the world map of the best handballing teams in the world” Ocheho said

Nigeria is drawn in Group C alongside Tunisia and Cape Verde and will play their first match against Tunisia on July 11 and Cape Verde on July 12.

Nigeria has participated in eleven editions of the Africa Men Handball Nations with their best outing recorded in the 1998 edition held in South Africa wherein they finished 4th after losing to Egypt 35-26.