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.

Mufutau Olatinwo     Sunday Fagbemi     Abdullahi Biffo     Agor     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Maigidasanma     Laboratory-to-Product     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Ramadan     Revenue Court     Oke-Ode     Kwara NIPR     Sunday Popo-Ola     LABTOP     TIIDELab     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Abdulwahab Ololele     Arca Santa     Kwara State Television     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Quareeb     Moshood Mustapha     Salman Suleiman     Awodun     Ethical College     Ahmed \'Lateef     Raji AbdulRasaq     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Dumagi     CCEPE     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Barakat Community Secondary School     Haleeman Salman     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Yeketi     Salihu Ajia     KWASSIP     Alfa Belgore     Olusola Saraki     Jalala     Budo Egba     Noah Yusuf     Yunus Oniboki     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Abubakar Baba     Simeon Ajibola     Adanla-Irese     Ilorin Durbar     Universal Basic Education Commission     Umar Ayinla Saro     Saliu Tunde Bello     Offa Descendants Union     National Broadcasting Commission     JMK Construction Company Limited     Lai Gobir     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Aliyu Alhassan     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Muhammadu Buhari     Mahe Abdulkadir     Hassan Saliu     Kwara 2019     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Funmilayo Zubair     Oke-Ogun     Michael Ologundea     Alimi     NSCIA     TETFUND     Olaiya Lawal     Elewu     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Vasolar Consortium     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Gurei     Ahmed Bayero     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Ibrahim Abiodun     Chikanda     Salami Adekunle     Abioye Bello     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Bello Oyedepo     Sambo Murtala     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Sayomi     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Nupe     Bamidele Aluko     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Saidu Kawu     Simeon Ajibola     Ebola     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Umar Ahmed Gunu     ENetSuD     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     RTEAN     College Of Health     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Saheed Akinwumi     Eghe Igbinehin     Gaa Olobi     Garba Ado Sanni     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Ibrahim Bio     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Hassan Taiye Salam     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Mustapha Olanipekun     Agboola Babatunde     Student Learning Support Helpline     Abdullahi Samari     JUSUN     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Tanke Road     Oba Abdulrahim     Offa Grammer School     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Ganiyu Taofiq     Nurudeen Mohammed     Mustapha Akanbi     Joseph Daudu     Obuh     Ganiyu Abolarin     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Yakub Ali-Agan     Olosi Of Osi     Ubandoma     Abraysports FC     TETFUND     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Mutawali     Turaki     Ahman Pategi University     Galadima     Aliyu Muhammed     Communication Network Support Services     UNILORIN Alumni     Oko Erin     Baba Issa     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Kazeem Adekanye