The chairman of Kogi State Golf Association, Emmanuel Adejoh Bako, has assured that the proposed golf course at the Kogi State University Anyigba, will bolster economic activities in the state.
The chairman who stated this yesterday in Lokoja, while addressing journalists on the forthcoming N200 million appeal fund raising for the project slated for Monday noted that the golf course will generate employment for the citizenry in addition to other benefits which comes with it.
According to Bako, a training range has already been constructed at the university for the training of would be golfers, calling on all Kogi people to disregard the erroneous belief that the game of golf is for the rich and the elites.
“I am from a humble background and I play golf. It is erroneous to think or believe that the game is for the rich or the elites. That is totally wrong. Anyone can play it as long as the interest and the zeal is there.
“ I do not think that the game would have been included in the Olympic Games, if they feel it is for the rich. That is why I am calling on all kogi people to disregard that and show interest playing golf “, he stressed.
Bako said being the first golf course to be constructed in the state, the hospitality industry has a lot to benefit from it, just as he said that no fewer than five persons have already been engaged in the ongoing construction of the golf course.
