Delta wins in Ilorin as Dalung reveals future NYG will feature only U-15 athletes

Date: 2017-09-18

Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung and some officials of the ministry, as well as Kwara State government doing a novelty race at the National Youth Games, which ended in Ilorin… at the weekend.

Delta State at the weekend in Ilorin won the third National Youth Games with a total of 60 medals, comprising 21 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze medals. Akwa Ibom came second with a total of 46 medals, Ondo State placed third with 36 medals, while the hosts, Kwara settled for the fourth position with 29 medals in the week-long festival that had 34 states and the FCT in attendance.

Speaking at the end of the competition, Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung announced that only athletes below 15 years of age would henceforth be allowed to take part in the National Youth Games.

Dalung said the new rule is to ensure that the objectives of the youth games are achieved and reduce age cheats."I wish to reiterate that from the fourth edition of the Games, the maximum age of athletes will be pegged at 15 years to enable us to fight age falsification and achieve the long-term objectives of the National Youth Games.

"One of the objectives of the Youth Games is to create the right platform for new talents to be discovered and nurtured for future competitions. The purpose will be defeated if at the end of the games we still come out with the same old athletes.

"We will continue to put the machinery in place to ensure a sustainable programme for grassroots sports development."The Games provides an avenue to bring the youths together under an atmosphere of friendly competition designed to enhance their potentials and all-round development."

The Minister also reiterated the ministry's resolve to improve on the standard of the Games in future."We will involve all stakeholders, including our sponsors and partners, to improve the standard of the National Youth Games. The number of sports participated in this year increased from 15 in the last edition to 28 with 2,934 athletes taking part in 135 events.

"In the next edition, we will streamline the number of events to reduce the burden of hosting the event," the Minister said. Dalung thanked the Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali for hosting the last two editions of the games. He also commended the Kwara State government and the Ilorin Golf Club for granting the use of the state and privately owned facilities to the athletes and prayed for a sustained collaboration in future.

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