Jalingo to host inaugural AFN 10km Cross-Country Championships

• Published date: 24 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The maiden edition of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) National 10km Cross Country Championship will hold Saturday , 28th January, in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state.

The race is being organised in fulfilment of the road map of the Tonobok Okowa-led executive board of the AFN to develop athletics across the six-Geo-political zones of Nigeria.

Tafida Gadzama, the federation's road race sub-committee chairman , said the cross country championship is also being organised to help develop Nigeria's middle and long distance runners.

'You know cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass,' said Gadzama , the first vice president of the AFN...