The ceremony was part of the events to round up the prestigious Club Championship in Abuja.<\/p>\n
According to the president of the Federation, Engr Toke Aka, Governor Akpabio was unanimously chosen as the Grand Patron because he has been a Pillar of Support for the game of Scrabble in the country.<\/p>\n
The Akwa Ibom State Governor funds the Godswill Akpabio Annual Classic which has the same monetary prize as the world championship.<\/p>\n
Akpabio becomes the second Grand Patron of the Federation following the death of the Hama Bachama, Asaph Zadok. As part of the respect he has for the late monarch, he ensured a minute silence was observed at the last Classic in Uyo and during his investiture.<\/p>\n
In his acceptance speech, Governor Akpabio traced the history of Nigeria\u2019s failure to win any medal at the last Olympic games to lack of sports at the grassroots and announced that he was at the point of returning sports to school.<\/p>\n
According to Governor Akpabio students at various levels should be encouraged to participate in scrabble as a game that can help to build their vocabulary instead of indulging in dangerous video games that taught them to be assassins or how to break into people\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
He pledged his continuous support for the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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