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.

David Adesina     NTA Ilorin     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Nurudeen Mohammed     Cornelius Adebayo     Mope Dasuki Belgore     General Hospital     Segun Adeniyi     Aminat Omodara     Jide Ashonibare     Bola Sagaya     General Hospital, Offa     Cassava Growers\' Association     Air Peace     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Adaramaja     Muhammed Abdullahi     Lawal Olohungbebe     Moses Rahman Popoola     SWAN     Vasolar     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Sunday Fagbemi     Yakubu Shaaba     Olabode George Towoju     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Paul Odama     Issa Baba     Suleiman Idris     Tanke Road     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Saad Omo Iya     Tunde Saad     Yakubu Gobir     Abatemi Usman     Taofeeq Olateju     Fatimoh Lawal     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Gani Saadu     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Clara Nwachukwu     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Government House     Chikanda     Shao     Issa Oloruntogun     Ayedun     Dogara     Onilu     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Ijagbo     Ekiti     KWASIEC     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Yahaya Seriki     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Monthly Sanitation     Ibrahim Mashood     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     NIPR     UTME     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Aiyedun     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Sunday Otokiti     Students Union Government     Old Oyo     Lanre Aremu     Bayo Onimago     Musibau Akanji     Kunle Suleiman    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Tope Daramola     Usman Rifun     Charcoal     Kwara State Television     Ijagbo     Bashirat Bola Bello     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Obayomi Azeez     Olaiya Zuberu     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Ridwan Agboola     Yusuf Mubarak     Sulyman Buhari     Haliru Dantoro     Apaokagi     Oluwole Dupe     Tunji Ajanaku     Earlyon Technologies     Medview Airlines     Kwara Basketball Association     Erin-ile     Muazam Nayaya     Ekweremadu     Suleiman Mora Omar     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Offa Descendants Union     KWATMA     Sabi     CT Ayeni     Ilorin West     Aliyu Alhassan     Samuel Adaramola     Jare Olatundun     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     A.E. Afolabi     Alaaya     Amoyo     Wasiu Onidugbe     Ibrahim Mashood     Babatunde Idiagbon     Tafida Of Ilorin     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Durosinlohun Atiku     Ayo Adeyemi     Gbugbu International Market     Bayo Lawal     Toyin Abdullahi     Lola Olabayo     BECE     Abioye Bello     Kwara Central     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Ajayi Okasanmi     Kale Belgore     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     AbdulHamid Adi     Muslim Cementary     Oko     Kaiama     General Hospital, Ilorin     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Valsolar     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Kale Ayo     Deji Ajani     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Dan Masanin     Roseline Oni Aremu     Ilorin South Constituency     Patience Jonathan     Kumbi Titiloye     Yekini Adio