Golf would serve as a major source of Revenue for Nigeria if--DR Ohia

 






          




           DR Patrick Ohia on the golf course 






A Porthacourt based golf enthusiast DR Patrick Ohia  has taken a swipe at the government over their failure to develop the game of golf in the country 


DR.  Patrick Ohia  came out with this at the  closing ceremony of the CIO international golf championship which ended in Porthacourt.



Patrick Ohio who is the  Chief Medical director of Morning star Hospital group in Porthacourt said it is high time the Government begins to harness the tourism potentials in the game of golf .


This he said would be actualized by the government with the establishment of more golf courses across the country 



According to him, if you travel to Kenya , you would see several golf courses in the city of Nairobi which occasionally attract tourists to the country and become one of the sources of revenue for their nation's economy.


DR Patrick Ohia who has  sponsored several major golf tournaments in Porthacourt and beyond further lamented that the sport hasn't reached its Pinnacle in Nigeria owing to the government refusal to invest adequately in the sport


Speaking on the recently concluded CIO international golf championship held in Porthacourt, the medical expert heaped encomium on the Chief executive officer Of Keves Global Limited, Chief Ikenna Okafor for sponsoring such a major open with huge prize money which attracted members of the Safari tour and top ranked professional golfers across Africa.


He added that other well meaning Nigerians should borrow a leaf from the noble gesture of Chief. Ikenna Okafor who has taken the game of golf to the next level in the west African region by sponsoring the biggest golf championship within the sub Sahara region with huge prize money for the professional golfers who play the game solely for money.

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