Ahmed cautions against win-at-all-cost syndrome

Date: 2012-10-25

KWARA State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has advised participants at the forthcoming National Sports Festival in Lagos State, tagged EKO 2012, to see the games as a platform for strengthening love and not a win-medals-at-all-cost competition. Speaking in Ilorin while receiving the Torch of Unity of the National Sports Festival, Ahmed noted that the games "represent a credible basis for interaction, strengthening friendship and unity among Nigerians," adding that Nigerians should use it to build strong relationships rather than trying to win by foul means.

The Governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, said the Torch of Unity was symbolic of the drive for national unity, adding that it marks the commencement of National Sports Festival.

He assured Team Kwara of government's support in order to ensure its success at the Festival.

Responding on behalf Kwara State athletes, Team Kwara Captain, Issa Abdulrahman, in assured the government and people of the state that the team would excel at the games, while commending the state government for providing the wherewithal for the team to excel at the sports fiesta.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Old Oyo     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Nupe     Oja-Oba     Kwara Hotel     Oladimeji Thompson     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Akanbi-Oke     Mohammed Ibrahim     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Ilorin Durbar     Funmi Salau     Galland Marcias     Kolade Solagberu     Olabode Towoju     Aliyu Salihu     Agboola Abdulraheem     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Oro Grammar School     Universal Basic Education Commission     Dankaka     Tanke     Abdulkareem Alabi     Ilorin     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Salary     Ahmed     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Kwara     Akeem Lawal     Busari Alabi Alausa     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Abdulmajeed Wahab     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Owo Isowo     BECE     Government High School Adeta     Osuwa     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ayobami Akanbi     Ado Ibrahim     Yunus Oniboki     Vasolar Consortium     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Patience Jonathan     ER-KANG Mining     CACOVID Palliatives     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Wahab Abayawo     Rihanat Ajia     Tsaragi-Share     COVID     Kayode Yusuf     IESA     Halimat Yusuf     Dan Iya     Oyelere Oyinloye     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Minimum Wage     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Kunbi Titiloye     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Awwal Jawondo     Rafiu Ibrahim     Royal FM     Arinola Lawal     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Marufat Oladosu     Yomi Ogunsola     Bello Bature     Olushola Saraki     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Samuel Adedoyin     Saka Adeyemo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

NYSC     Okala Baba     Royal FM     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ndama Al-hassan     Malete     Dumagi     Modibbo Kawu     Kazeem Gbolagade     Durbar     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Yomi Ogunsola     Shoprite     Rachael Obisesan     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Moses Salami     Aliyu Muhammed     Tunji Arosanyin     Baba Idris     Bareke     Kemi Adeosun     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Durbar Festival     PharmAccess Foundation     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Yekini Adio     Akume     Adeola Abraham     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Lucky Omoluwa     Lukman Adeloyin     Temitope Ogunbanke     Damilola Yusuf     Bluenile Associates     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ijagbo     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Haleeman Salman     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     SWAN     Kaosarah Adeyi     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Saad Omo\'ya     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Fatimat Saliu     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Kwabes     Mahe Abdulkadir     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Olusola Saraki     Ike Ekweremadu     Bayo Ojo     KWASEIC     IsDB     KwaraLearn     Wahab Isa     Age AbdulKareem     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Zulu Gambari     Elese Of Igbaja     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Alimi     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Adekunle David Dunmade     Hussein Oloyede     Olusegun Adeniyi     Hausa     Dele Belgore     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Odolaye Aremu