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| Ndanusa,Nigeria Tennis Boss. |
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has called for urgent support from
the Sports Ministry following the Country's listing in this year’s Davis Cup
Africa Zone III championship billed for Antananarivo, Madagascar.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF)on Monday soft-pedalled
on possible sanction for Nigeria despite the
last-minute withdrawal of the country from the 2015 edition in Cairo,
Egypt which fuelled speculations that the country would be penalized.
However, Nigeria was included in the draw made in its London
headquarters on Monday which indicated that there will not be any sanction for the
country.
President of the Tennis Federation in Nigeria,Sani Ndanusa while expressing gratitude to the
ITF pleaded to the Sports Ministry for early release of funds to ensure its
participation at the four-day tournament billed for the clay courts of the
Antanarivo University.
“This is our New Year present from the ITF and we are not
surprised because if there’s any country that the ITF has to be lenient with
then it has to be Nigeria; our commitment to tennis has never been in doubt.
“Just last month, we hosted the Governor’s Cup championship
which is among the top-rated Circuits in the ITF calendar. And in the next few
days we will be hosting the Africa Junior Championship West and Central Africa
Qualifiers which will be featuring about fourteen countries. This is the second
time in barely two years that we will be hosting the event. We also hosted the
AJC proper in 2010.
“So this has put us in the good books of the ITF but that is
not to say we will be taking them for granted. We will make sure that we put in
place all modalities that will not only see us participate but go for one of
the promotion tickets this year,” Ndanusa assured.
Alongside the hosts, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana,
Cameroon, Congo DRC, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia and Rwanda are the other countries that will feature in the
tournament.
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