1 GAME founder Philip Obaji says the rejuvenation of the anti-violence campaign organization was due to the intervention Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke.The 1 GAME campaign has after a very slow start grown to become the biggest cause-related campaign ever associated with football on the continent with nearly a million members backing its cause, a success story Obaji attributes to role of the Cross River State Governor.
“He (Imoke) should take the biggest credit for this (the success of the campaign),” the 1 GAME arrowhead told online portal, naijasportivo.blogspot.com.
“It’s amazing how he works. He didn’t know me and must have heard very little about the campaign, but we made a request for government’s assistance and it came so quick.
“At the time we sought help, we had only just started and it was tough. If we didn’t get any, we probably would have folded and the talk about 1 GAME would have been dead. But the first and most vital intervention came from Governor Imoke,” Obaji said.
Obaji who was part of a committee that formulated a Sports Policy for the Cross River State Government in 2009, admitted that though he has had very few interface with Imoke, he has learnt so much from the Cross River State Governor.
“Yes I haven’t spoken much with him in person, but I’ve followed his administration and I’m excited about his achievement. He inspires me and I’ve learnt a lot from him. He’s a grass rooter and everyone can see.
“For me, it’s an honour and privilege to have been asked to serve in the Cross River State Sports Policy Formulation Committee and an even greater honour to be elected into the Cross River State Football Association Board,” Obaji added.
1 GAME is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights violence and ignorance, particularly in Nigeria, by mobilizing and raising public awareness as well as pressuring political and government leaders to support effective policies and programs that are protecting lives and helping to put kids in school.
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