Tafawa Balewa Square
Tafawa Balewa Square, (TBS) bụ 14.5-hectare (35.8-acre) ebe ememe (nke a na-akpọ "Race Course") na Lagos Island, Lagos.[1][2]
Akụkọ ihe mere eme
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Lagos Race Course ugbu a TBS, bụ ogige egwuregwu nke kwadoro ịgba ịnyịnya, mana gụnyere ngalaba ogige ebe emere maka ịgba bọọlụ na ala iji kpọọ cricket. Oba Dosunmu bu onye nyere ndị ọchịchị na afọ 1859, onye mechara nwuọ mpaghara ndị gbara ya gburugburu. Gọọmentị Yakubu Gowon mechara kwatuo usoro ahụ iji mee ka Tafawa Balewa Square nwee ohere. N'oge ya, usoro ahụ kwadoro ngagharị nke ụbọchị alaeze ukwu. Ụzọ ọsọ ịnyịnya ahụ dị ihe dị ka asaa ruo asatọ furlongs ma ọ bụ otu kilomita.[3]
N'afọ 1960, a rụgharịrị usoro ahụ iji mee emume nnwere onwe Naịjirịa na mbelata nke union jack.
Ebe
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]E wuru TBS na afọ 1972 n'elu ebe a na-anọghị n'ọrụ maka ịgba ịnyịnya. Okporo ụzọ nkè Awolowo, Cable Street, Force road, Catholic Mission street na ụlọ nnwere onwe[4] dị okpukpu iri abụọ na isii gbara ya gburugburu.
Ihe Ncheta
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Na ebe Ọnụ ụzọ mbata nke ogige ahụ nwere nnukwu ihe a tụrụ atụ nke ịnyịnya anọ na-acha ọcha na-efe n'elu ọnụ ụzọ ámá na ugo asaa na-acha ọbara ọbara, nke bụ akara sitere na ihe nnọchianya mba nke na-egosi Ike na Nkwanye ùgwù. Ihe ncheta nke ndị ọzọ dị na square ahụ gụnyere Remembrance Arcade (nke nwere ihe ncheta maka Agha Ụwa nke Mbụ, Agha Ụwa Nke Abụọ na ndị agha obodo Naijiria nwụrụ) na ụlọ Independence House dị okpukpu iri abụọ na isii, nke e wuru na 1963 nke bụ ogologo oge, ụlọ kachasị elu na Naijiria.[1]
Ihe owuwu
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ebe Ogige ahụ nwere ike ibata mmadụ opekanpe 50,000. Ihe owuwu dị na square ahụ gụnyere ụlọ ahịa, Airline's Travel Agencies, ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ na ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala na ọdụ bọs.[5]
Ebe Ogige cricket, Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, dị ka 'ụlọ ọdịnala nke cricket' na Naijiria.[6] Ọ kwadoro egwuregwu na mpaghara North-Western nke 2018 ICC19 T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament.[7] E mechiri ala ahụ ruo ọnwa 18 iji mezue nrụzigharị site na elu simenti ruo 10 ahịhịa iji mezuo ụkpụrụ ICC. E mechara mezigharịa ya na Jenụwarị 2022, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, Naịjirịa kwadoro egwuregwu mbụ ha nke Women's Twenty20 International na 2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's Tournament T20I .[8]
Ihe Ndị mere n'akụkọ ihe mere eme
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Otu na Ihe omume mbụ dị ka sị mkpa na TBS gụnyere emume nnwere onwe Naịjirịa nke mere na 1 Ọktoba 1960 na Praịm Minista, Tafawa Balewa, na-ekwu okwu ya. Ụbọchị Ọchịchị Onye kwuo uche ya, yana ihe omume ndị ọzọ dịgasị iche iche dị ka jamborees egwu na nnọkọ okpukpe.[9][10]
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kaye Whiteman (2013). Lagos: A Cultural and Literary History (Landscapes of the Imagination). Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-908-4938-97.
- ↑ Peju Akande. "BUILDING THE LAGOS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT", Thisdaylive, 4 January 2015. Retrieved on 10 May 2015.
- ↑ Ajani. "The Lagos Race Course: Crossroads of a Political Heritage", Vanguard, October 1, 2000.
- ↑ Tafawa Balewa Square (en). 10times.com. Retrieved on 2018-10-28.
- ↑ "Is Tafawa Balewa Square The Forgotten Race Course Of Independence?", Nigeria Real Estate Hub, 2015-09-30. Retrieved on 2018-10-28. (in en-US)
- ↑ Nigeria Invitational in Lagos points towards promising future for women's cricket in Africa. www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved on 2022-04-23.
- ↑ From concrete to turf: Nigeria’s TBS Oval pitches get a makeover. Emerging Cricket. Retrieved on 18 January 2022.
- ↑ Women’s T20 cricket a litmus test for Nigerian team, says Obalola (en-US). The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News (2022-03-11). Archived from the original on 2022-04-23. Retrieved on 2022-04-23.
- ↑ Tafawa Balewa Square. lonely planet.
- ↑ "‘Tafawa Balewa Square leased, not sold’ - The Nation Nigeria", The Nation Nigeria, 2015-06-09. Retrieved on 2018-10-28. (in en-US)