November 5, 2024

Africa Armwrestling President to visit Cameroon

President   of   the Armwrestling   Federation   of  Africa   (AFA),   Mr   Charles   OseiAsibey, will pay a working visit to Cameroon from August 15-18, 2023.

The visit is aimed at courting more support for the development and promotion ofthe sport of armwrestling in the country.

The President who also doubles as the Vice President of the World ArmwrestlingFederation is expected to have talks with the Sports Minister of Cameroon, theDirector of National Sports Council, the National Olympic Committee as well asthe Armwrestling Federation in the country.

His meeting with the Sports Minster is expected to center on Cameroon’s bid tohost the 2025 Africa Armwrestling Championship and next year’s Africa Games todiscuss how best Cameroon could be represented in the Games.Armwrestling will make its maiden appearance at  the 2023 Africa Games as acompetitive   sport,   this   according   to   the  AFA  President   is   a   step   in   the   rightdirection in getting the sport played at Continental Games and the Olympics.

Mr   Osei Asibey   will   also   tour   facilities   in   Cameroon   to   assess   Cameroon’sreadiness to host Africa in 2025 when given the nod to host the championship.

He will be met on arrival by the President of the Cameroon Armwrestling, JulienBoumsong Nokomis who also doubles as the Secretary General for AFA and thePresident of the CentralAfrica zone.

Source Ken O. Adade