Kwara State First Lady pledges support to sporting activities

Date: 2020-02-23

The wife of Kwara State governor, Mrs Olufolake Abdurazaq The wife of Kwara State governor, Mrs Olufolake Abdurazaq has assured that sports will get adequate attention and support from the State government.

She made this known while speaking with journalists in Abuja just as she introduced her pet project, known as the Ajike People Support Centre. Affirming her support for sports, she stressed that attention has been on grassroots because of its benefits on youths.

According to her, sports will keep younger ones of both gender away from social vices as well as keep them away from the streets for a better living. Her words" We have supported a lot of sporting activities. This is the reason why I am here today.

"We have encouraged grassroots sports because am also the matron of Drug Abuse Eradication Campaign in Kwara State and we believe that sporting activities give our youths a lot to do and therefore positively engaged, making sure they are off the streets and not doing anything that would be considered as social vices. This is what Ajike has been into."

Speaking on the recent activities of Kwara State in football, she noted that the female team has just been promoted from the Amateur to the Pro tier in the Nigerian Women Football League.

"I think we are expecting a lot from Kwara. I don't know if you know that the Kwara Ladies FC just left Edo State where they were upgraded from the Amateur. They won the tournament. "They are now in Edo State at the AGM where they are deciding a lot of things. I think we will look forward to a lot of things from Kwara, even for the Edo 2020. "We will surprise them" she said as she pointed out that her family have got strings with sports in general. "I grew up with a father who ran. My children play football so does my husband. I have taken golf recently and so many other ones. We encourage softball, Baseball.

I am the matron of the baseball team. Table tennis, we did as well so all the sports. I have to join them to make sure that they see me around them and encourage them to do better"

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mufti Of Ilorin     Mohammed Abdulahi     Umar Adelodun     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Kola Adesina     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     TVC Female National Debate     Local Government     Isapa     Sherif Shagaya     Afetu Of Alabe     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Amoyo     Nigerian Correctional Service     Kunle Okeowo     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Kwara Basketball Association     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Harafat E. Mukadam     Kamoru Kadiri     Lateef Fagbemi     Bamidele Aluko     Tafida Of Kaiama     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Tayo Alao     Salihu Ajia     Bamikole Omishore     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Reuben Paraje     Young Progressives Party     Amada Jidda     Agbarere     Hassan Taiye Salam     Ibrahim Mashood     Bola Shagaya     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Ibrahim Akaje     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Hassan Saliu     Habeeb Saidu     Ita-Ore     School Of Nursing     Dauda Adesola     COEASU     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Alabe     John Olajide Adedipe     Funmilayo Zubair     Kumbi Titiloye     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Joseph Offorjama     Okin Malt     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Gbenga Adebayo     Orisa Bridge     Balogun Gambari     Owode Market     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Alanamu     The Herald     Summit University     Okanlawon Musa     Mashood Dauda     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Ilesha-Gwanara     Lukman Adeloyin     Medview Airlines     Curfew     Baboko Primary School     Lai Gobir     Durbar     Solomon Edojah     Saliu Mustapha    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Rueben Parejo     Kwara Pdp     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ijakadi     Galadiman Ngeri     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Kola Bukoye     Olabode George Towoju     Orisun Igbomina     Aiyedun     Ibrahim Mohammed     Henry Makinwa     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Baboko     Mumeen Lah     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Hassan Saliu     Gabriel Fashanu     Jalala     Yusuf Ali     Doyin Group     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Musa Yeketi     Nigerian Army     Busari Toyin Isiaka     IHS Towers     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     NIRSAL     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Mukhtar Shagaya     Presidential Election     Labaeka     Al-Adaby     Saeedat Aliyu     Afonja     Danhawa     Olaiya Lawal     Abioye Bello     Rashidi Yekini     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     SDP     Abdulhakeem Amao     Hamza Usman     Frootify     Kwara Liberation Group     Alliance For Democracy     Madawaki     National Association Of Nigerian Students     National Broadcasting Commission     Nigeria Computer Society     Moronfoye     Esuwoye     Oladimeji Thompson     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Bola Magaji     Playing Host     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Saduki Lafiagi     Shettima Of Ilorin     Kehinde Baale     GRA     Al-Hikmah University     Congress For National Consensus     Matthew Babaoye     Elerin Of Adanla     Ohoro Of Shao     Abdulrasaq Alaro