Over 5000 athletes in Ilorin for 5th National Youth Games

Date: 2019-09-11

Over 5000 athletes are in Ilorin for the fifth National Youth Games just as the Federal Government commended the Kwara State government for its support to ensure successful hosting of the Games.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, disclosed this in Ilorin during a courtesy visit to the Kwara State Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi in his office ahead of the commencement of the fifth National Youth Games, holding at the University of Ilorin. ADVERTISEMENT Dare, who thanked the Kwara State Government and the people involved in the preparation for the Games, said the athletes would participate in various sporting events.

The Minister expressed the hope that budding talents that would represent the nation in international championships would be discovered during the two weeks fiesta. He acknowledged and appreciated the kwara state government for its supports in hosting the National Youths Games over the years and solicited for more. Responding, Alabi restated government's commitment to developing grassroots sports for discovery of more talents.

Alabi, who recalled his playing days in the seventies as a footballer and handballer, identified sports as a unifying factor among Nigerians.

The Deputy Governor noted that the State Government had been supporting the Games and would continue to do so to make sure talents were uncovered among the youths in the state and country at large. He called on the three tiers of government to use sports to positively engage youth and reduce poverty.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ashiru     Bolaji Nagode     Aminat Omodara     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Belgore     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Akanbi-Oke     Assayomo     Ojuekun Sarumi     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Solomon Edoja     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Oko Erin     Ojo Fadumila     Samari     Gobirawa     Ibrahim Abikan     Umar Gunu     Kwara Liberation Group     Olayinka Olaogun     CT Ayeni     Sheriff Shagaya     Ekweremadu     Barakat Community Secondary School     Ben Duntoye     Kayode Issa     Bond     PPS     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Lotus Bank     Sidikat Akaje     KWACOBPA     Bureau Of Lands     Abubakar Imam     Sarkin Malamai     Oni Adebayo     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Lola Ashiru     Buari Edun     Dele Belgore     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Aro Yahaya     Read With Me     Sabo-Oke     Kaiama     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Afolayan     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Tayo Alao     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Bola Tinubu     Modupe Oluwole     LEAH Charity Foundation     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Azeez Salawu     COEASU     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Tafida Of Kaiama     CACOVID Palliatives     Omupo     Bank Of Industry     Bello John Olanrewaju     Muhammadu Buhari     Elerinjare     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Oluranti Idowu     Adesoye     Lanre Badmus     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     John Olobayo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ayodele Shittu     Bayo Ojo     Tsado Manman     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Abdulazeez Uthman     Funmilayo Mohammed     Police Commissioner     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Wasiu Odewale     Amina El-Imam     Sobi     Farouk Salim     Bayo Onimago     Al-Adaby     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Tanke     Elelu     Isiaka Danmeromu     Eleyele     Ilorin Metro Park     Saba Jibril     Oko Erin     Ilorin.Info     Tinubu     Bola Magaji     Bello Oyebanji     Amos Bajeh     S.O. Opowoye     Usman Rifun     Sheikh Ariyibi     Tafida Of Kaiama     Omupo     Kunle Akogun     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Raheem Adaramaja     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Umar Ahmed Gunu     All Peoples Party     Binta Abubakar Mora     Olabimpe Olani     Abubakar Lah     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Sidikat Alaya     Mutawali     Jimoh Akani     TESCOM 2025     Issa Baba     Javed Khan     Agor     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     United Nigeria Congress Party     Yusuf Ali     Gobir Organization Foundation     Budo Egba     YAKOOYO     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Ali Ahmad     Aliyu Muyideen     Adesoye College     Firdaos Amasa     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Femi Ogunsola     The Herald     Bahago     Dunmade     TIIDELab     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Maigida     Pilgrims Board     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Islamic Development Bank     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah