{"id":6150,"date":"2025-08-08T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:00:57","slug":"south-south-nttf-board-member-ama-ebi-ebiekpolade-stow-pledges-support-for-chief-ambassador-ogunu-miebi-samsons-anniversary-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/south-south-nttf-board-member-ama-ebi-ebiekpolade-stow-pledges-support-for-chief-ambassador-ogunu-miebi-samsons-anniversary-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"South-South NTTF Board Member, Ama-Ebi EbiEkpolade Stow, Pledges Support for Chief (Ambassador) Ogunu Miebi Samson\u2019s Anniversary Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By David Owei, Bayelsa <\/p>\n<p>Bayelsa State, Nigeria \u2013 The South-South representative on the board of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Mr. Ama-Ebi EbiEkpolade Stow, has pledged his full support for the forthcoming anniversary celebration in honour of Chief (Ambassador) Ogunu Miebi Samson, a respected figure in grassroots sports development.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary planning committee, led by Chairman Hon. Uroh Kiani Esq., paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Stow at his Oxbow Lake office to seek collaboration and partnership for the upcoming event.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Mr. Stow lauded Chief Ogunu\u2019s decades of service in nurturing sports talents, particularly at the grassroots level. He noted that such dedication is a rare quality, especially in an era where selfless service often goes unnoticed.<br \/>\n\u201cHaving come from the private sector myself, I understand the sacrifices required to contribute meaningfully to the growth of our state and nation. Chief Ogunu\u2019s contributions reflect true passion and patriotism,\u201d Stow said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Stow urged government bodies and International Oil Companies (IOCs) to leverage the expertise and unwavering commitment of individuals like Chief Ogunu to promote national sporting interests.<br \/>\nAccording to him, passion-driven service is a vital resource in building Nigeria\u2019s sports sector and empowering young athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrating his personal commitment, Mr. Stow pledged to bankroll the budget for the tennis  of the anniversary celebration, in addition to providing branded T-shirts and bottled water for the event. He called on other well-meaning Bayelsans to join hands in making the anniversary a resounding success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Owei, Bayelsa Bayelsa State, Nigeria \u2013 The South-South representative on the board of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Mr. Ama-Ebi EbiEkpolade Stow, has pledged his full support for the forthcoming anniversary celebration in honour of Chief (Ambassador) Ogunu Miebi Samson, a respected figure in grassroots sports development. The anniversary planning committee, led [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[167,48,3943,3942,3944,2097,1000],"class_list":["post-6150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-anniversary","tag-celebration","tag-contribute","tag-forthcoming","tag-leverage-expertise","tag-meaningfully","tag-unwavering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6151,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6150\/revisions\/6151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}