As part of programmes marking their sporting week, the Edo State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), will today hold their 2012 Annual lecture.

The theme of the lecture is: “The way Forward for Nigeria Sports” and will be delivered by Chief Solomon Ogba, the President of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN). Ogba, one time commissioner of sports in Delta State, is expected in Benin this morning for the lecture holding at the NUJ Press Centre, Benin City.

“We are delighted to have somebody of Ogba’s caliber in our midst,” says an excited Comrade Ben Ogbemudia, Chairman, Edo State SWAN. Other top dignitaries expected at the event are the immediate past chairman of NPL, Chief Oyuki Obaseki JP, who is the chairman of the occasion.

The Edo SWAN chairman also confirmed that former Edo State Sports Commissioner, Brown Ebewele, former Editor of the Champion Newspapers, Akido Shittu and former Sports Editor of Nigeria Observer, Austin Allens as well as Pius Osenwengie would be honoured for their contributions to sports in Edo State and Nigeria.