National Youth Games: Kwara Begins Preparations For 2018

Date: 2017-09-22

Kwara State's Director of Sports, Tunde Kazeem, on Thursday in Ilorin said they have started preparations for the 4th edition of the National Youth Games (NYG), which will hold in 2018.

Kazeem, while speaking with newsmen, said the state which was still celebrating its fourth place finishing at the just-concluded third edition of the Games, said they have begun preparations in earnest.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kwara won 10 gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medals at the Games which was held at the University of Ilorin.

"While we commend the state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, for his moral and financial support for Team Kwara, I must say that we have started preparing for the next edition.

"The first step in this is that of meeting with the coaches and Organising Secretaries.

"This is in order to be able to consolidate on the gains of our 2017 performance, which is a great achievement.

"This is in the sense that it is an improvement on the performance at the 2016 edition, where the state won eight gold, seven silver and six bronze medals," Kazeem said.

He said it was even important to note that Kwara finished overall first in three events at the Games, thereby setting a record in doing so.

"Kwara came overall first in squash, where it won three gold and three silver.

"Also, in badminton, we won two gold and a silver, and in table tennis and para-table tennis, we won three gold, two silver and one bronze," the Kwara Director of Sports, who is the Chairman of the Directors of Sports Forum in Nigeria, said.

He disclosed also that Kwara Sports Council was planning to re-introduce its marketing concept, Team Kwara, which was designed to gather sponsorship and support for Kwara teams participating in all competitions.

Kazeem said this would assist in complementing government's efforts, as government alone could not continue to shoulder the responsibility of youth and sports development.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mustapha Akanbi     Salihu Ajia     Kemi Adeosun     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Babajide Ajayi     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Usman Yunusa     Modibbo Kawu     Fatimoh Lawal     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Wahab Issa     Baba Idris     Abdulwahab Ololele     Donatus Ejidike     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Umar Ayinla Saro     Sa\'adu Salahu     Olawuyi     Oluranti Idowu     Yakubu Danladi     Akume     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Tafidan Kaiama     Tsaragi/Share     Ile Arugbo     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     NULGE     Olatunde Olukoya     Council Of The Wise     Ijagbo Health Centre     TESCOM 2025     Bello Oyedepo     James Ayeni     Bamikole Omishore     Gabriel Fashanu     Kubra Kazum     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Charcoal     Kwara Politics     Taofeek Sanusi     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Local Government Pension Board     Sarah Alade     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Lafiagi     Wasiu Odewale     Bello Oyebanji     Henry Makinwa     Emir Of Shonga     20 Billion Bond     Wole Oke     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Durosinlohun Kawu     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Tayo Alao     Oba Abdulraheem     Ayinke Saka     KSIRS     Kisra     Garba Ado Sanni     Mansur Alfanla     Na\'Allah     Tafida     Saka Aleshinloye     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Zainab Abass     Ahmed Bayero     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Bisi Oyeleke     NIRSAL     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Bolaji Nagode    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Funmilayo Zubair     EFCC     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Alabere     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Baaziki Sulaiman     Waheed Ibrahim     Lucky Omoluwa     Wasiu Onidugbe     Prince Bola Ajibola     Tunde Saad     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Razaq Atunwa     Sulu Gambari     Sa\'adu Salau     Harmony Holdings     Nurudeen Muhammed     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Bashir Badawi     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Abdulkadir Orire     Aso Ofi     Oke-opin     Metro Park     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Iyeru Grammar School     Offorjama     Olatunde Jare     Jumoke F. Ajao     Sidikat Akaje     Benin Republic     Cornelius Adebayo     Bayo Ojo     Igosun     Kwara Basketball Association     Yakub Lai Gobir     Kaiama     Yakub Ali-Agan     Owo Isowo     Federal Allocation     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Ajakaye     Borgu     Muslim Cementary     Chief Of Staff     Al-Ilory     Bature Bello     Playing Host     Kwara Hotel     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Ishaq Salman     Mike Omotosho     Millennium Development Goals     April 11     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     TIIDELab     NURTW     LABTOP     Hakeem Idris     AGM Professional Services     Abubakar Atiku     Lateef Alagbonsi     Jebba     Ilorin South Constituency     Mohammed Danjuma     Ahmad Lawan     Col. Taiwo     Ndakene     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ibrahim Gambari     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Monsurat Omotosho     Kwara United     Lithium Deposit