H. E. Dr Benson Alfred Bana welcomes Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces’ (TPDF) Athletics Team to Abuja, Nigeria for the OSMA Sahel Countries Military Games for Peace and Solidarity

H. E. Dr Benson Alfred Bana and Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces’ (TPDF) Athletics Team

 His Excellency, Dr Benson Alfred Bana with the Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces’ (TPDF) Athletics Team. The Team arrived in Abuja on 10th October, 2021 to participate in the Organization of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA) Sahel Countries Military Games for Peace and Solidarity, scheduled to hold in Abuja Nigeria from

The Organization of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA) is a continental organization made up of the Armed Forces of African Member countries. It is the African representation of the International Military Sports Council (CISM). OSMA has thus endorsed CISM's basic principles and motto: "Friendship through Sport" OSMA's main objective is to promote friendly sporting and physical training activities among the Armed Forces of member states, in order to foster the culture of peace needed for the economic development and the integration of the African continent. The Headquarters of OSMA is in YAOUNDE. Cameroon. OSMA was founded by Maj Gen Ishola Williams of Nigeria and Col Kalkaba Malboum of Cameroon. It is being adopted in 1994 at the 49th CISM General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey.

The First Chief of Defence Staff/Organisation of Military Sports in Africa Sahel Military Games for Peace and Solidarity began in Abuja on Monday, 11th October, 2021 with contingent from the armed forces of nine African countries, namely, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania. It is was disclosed that the first edition of the game would feature three sports, which are Football, Golf and Marathon, while the second edition to be held in Chad would feature combat range among others.