The Ogun State Chapter of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, has felicitated members of the association for their contributions to the development and growth of the Profession at 60.

The Ogun SWAN Chairman, Comrade Michael-Azeez Ogunsiji in a statement also commended the sacrifice of past leaders of the association for creating a platform for sports enthusiasts to demonstrate their writing potentials.

Comrade Ogunsiji while congratulating the SWAN President, Isaiah Kemje Benjamin for piloting the canoe of the association at a time the union becomes 60, charged him to continue to toe the path of civility, transparency, and not to relent in his quest to restore peace to the association.

He noted that Ogun state being the cradle of Journalism in the country would continue to demonstrate and sustain the legacy of the founding fathers in the profession especially in sports reportage.

Comrade Ogunsiji said the association in Ogun state had organized series of sporting events for members and football tournaments for security and safety agencies as part of its contributions to the development in sports in the state.

He gave the assurance that the association would not relent in the discharge of it's statutory duties of defending and upholding the moral and professional rights of members, contribute through advice, suggestions, criticisms or other means to the development and growth of sports.