President of the Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), Otumba Olusegun Runsewe, has commended the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, for approving the partnership between the Defence headquarters and NGF in staging the 2023 Armed Forces and Remembrance Day Golf Tournament to halt the distinguishing difference between the military and civilians.
He described the two days golf kitty played at the TYB International Golf Resort and Country Club, Mambilla Barracks, Abuja, in celebrating the fallen heroes of the Nigerian military and retired personnel as a new vista for golf development in Nigeria.
Runsewe, who is also the director-general of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), said the NGF had succeeded in using the kitty to bring new innovations in how tournaments are organised in the country online with international best practice.
He said every player of over 250 golfers that participated in the tournament, including professionals, amateur players, ladies, chief executive officers and members of the security organisations, was given his breakfast and lunch ticket, which effectively curbed scrabbling for food while in line with the international best practices, marshals were branded on the golf course.
