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The Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA), has concluded arrangements to stage the first of it’s kind Awards and Gala Night at the Orchid Hotel, Ikota-Lekki, Lagos on August 27 after the President’s Cup.
The Awards and Gala Night is to reward and celebrate Scrabble excellence across the continent and honour players, officials, sponsors, partners, associates and institutions that have distinguished themselves over the years.
The President of PANASA, Adekoyejo Adegbesan said the continental governing body of the game of words would also use the occasion to roll out the date of the African Scrabble Championship holding next year in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
“Details of the 2025 African Youth Scrabble Championship and the 2025 President’s Cup as well as other plans for the mind game on the continent will be unwrapped during the Awards and Gala Night which is the first of it’s kind since the game was firmly established in Africa.
In a related development, the host association for the African Youth Scrabble Championship and the President’s Cup, the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF) and the PANASA have been working hand in hand with Nigeria’s High Commissions around Africa and Nigeria Embassy in the US in the area of issuance of visas to players and officials.
PANASA President, Adegbesan stated that all visiting players and officials who applied for visas online have been issued visas. “All visas have been issued today to all those who applied online. Working with the NSF, PANASA has been able to secure all visas for players who require one.”
