Renowned businessman and Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, Sir Emeka Offor will lead a team of Nigerian Paralympians to Buckinghamshire, England, for the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Junior Games.

The 2014 Junior Games which will hold at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, will mark the 10th year since the games began.

Over 250 registered athletes (the largest attendance ever) from 25 different countries including Nigeria will compete in seven sports including Archery, Athletics, Powerlifting, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis and Wheelchair Fencing).

Nigerian Paralympians, David Ombugudu, a Table Tennis player and Emmanuel Godwin, a weightlifter, both polio survivors will have a chance of a lifetime to compete at the Games, courtesy of Sir Emeka Offor Foundation.

Addressing a group of Nigerian Paralympians from People With Disability, an NGO based in Abuja during their visit to the Corporate Headquarter of Chrome Group, Sir Offor said, “Our Foundation is interested in supporting good projects especially when it has to do with polio survivors and disabled people. We’ll do whatever we can to help you because your success will encourage other survivors to develop confidence in themselves.”