The Nigerian Navy on Monday in Abuja pledged to collaborate with the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) to develop sports for the upliftment of the country’s teeming youths. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, made the pledge while receiving a merit award conferred on the Nigerian Navy by SWAN. Newsmen report that the award was in recognition of Nigerian Navy’s contributions to sports development in the country, both in the past and currently. Navy personnel Ibas, represented by Cmdr. Suraj Bello, Navy’s Director of Sports, at a short ceremony at the SWAN National Secretariat in Abuja, expressed regrets he could not personally receive the award. He said he failed to make it to the Yankari Games Reserve in Bauchi State where SWAN conferred awards on other well-deserving individuals and organisations due to his tight schedule. Congratulating SWAN on a successful Full Council Meeting, Ibas said sports writers have over the years remained ...