Parent of the Nigerian born Chess champion Tunde Onakoya have been gifteda house a day after he was made Ogun state Sport ambassador by Governor Dapo Abiodun
The development is coming on the heels of Tunde’s breaking of the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon in New York.
Onakoya, a Nigerian chess player and coach, who holds the Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game and founder of Chess in Slums Africa announced the development on his verified X handle
He wrote;
Someone gifted my parents a new house today. It’s the single greatest thing anyone will ever do for me in this lifetime. Thank you
“My mother worked as a cleaner in the same school I attended so I could get an education while my dad worked as a Danfo driver/bus conductor so we could feed and survive.”
“My greatest joy in life is to be able to give them both the life they truly deserve❤️”
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