Nigeria’s Top Doctors Gearing Up For South-South NMA Games

The annual Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) games, South-South will be held in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State to promote camaraderie and wellbeing among health care workers in the region.

The games are being held “to bring doctors together, to remind us of a shared heritage, oneness in the Niger Delta, and unity in the practice of medicine to save lives in the region,” according to Dr Nsisong Asanga, Akwa Ibom State Public Relations Officer.

The South-South games are held in preparation for the National NMA Games, which are set to take place in Abuja in February 2022, and Akwa Ibom was picked to host the South-South according to an agreed-upon alphabetical rotation of hosting rights among the South-South States.

The NMA Chairman in Akwa Ibom, Dr Sylvester Ime Udoh assured that “basically we are trying to get the team that will represent the south south contingent at the national games.

“All hands are on deck” to ensure identified training and competition venues are ready.

The Doctors Mess in Uyo will host the indoor games while Dr Udoh response remains spherical. “I think so far we are ready.”

Some of the doctors spotted in training at Doctors’ mess include Dr. Edidiong Uko, who said his team was training to keep the nearly a decade boasting right in chess.

“We are training to win one more time. We have been winning in chess for the past seven editions of the tournament.

Others seen in training include Prof. Aniekan Abasi-Attai, a table tennis champion among others.

In a statement signed by the games coordinator, Dr Nsikak Nyoyoko, the sports event scheduled for 12th to 16th January 2022 will feature Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Table, Tennis, Ayo, Scrabble, Chess, Draught, Badminton, Athletics and Golf for male and female doctors.