KWARA STATE SPORTS FESTIVAL MOC VISITS OFFA, OYUN AND IREPODUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAs, PRESENTS TORCH OF UNITY
In Continuation of the preparation for the
7th Edition of Kwara Sports Festival after the Flag Off of torch of Unity By the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulraman AbdulRazaq, the Torch of unity today moved to Offa, Oyun and lrepodun Local Government Areas of the State.
Speaking during the visitations and made available to this medium Just Event Online ,The Vice-Chairman, Main Organising Commitee MOC for the 7th edition of the Festival Games, Mr Hameed Adio, appreciated the warm reception by the local Governments and informed them on the adequate Preparations of the Kwara state Government to Stage a memorable Edition of the Festival Games coming up on 25th of this month.
Mr Adio, who described sports as a tool that can be used to unify people irrespective of thier religions, races and Cultural backgrounds, said that the main aim of staging the sports festival was to discover hidding talents at the grassroots and nuture them to stardom.
He urged
parents to always allow thier children to partake in sporting activities in order to contribute thier quotas to sports development of the country.
The Chairman hinted that over three thousand athletes across the sixteen LGAs are expected to to participate in the event.
Mr Adio assured hosts of adequate Security during the event, noting that the Hostel Accomodation at the Kwara State College of Education would be used to camp all the participating athletes across the sixteen Local Government Areas.
Receiving the Committee Members, the Directors Personnel and Management of the Local Government Areas visited commennded the relentless efforts of the commitee in making the event Successful and assured the readness of the Local Government Areas to participate actively in the event.
While appreciating the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for revamping all the sectors in the State, the DPMs promised that all thier athletes would be well represented in the various sporting events at the festival.
The MOC Members Had earlier paid homage visit to the Royal Fathers of the towns in the three local government areas where they recieved royal blessings and prayer for successful staging of the event.
The committee members were later entertained by various Cultural troupes from the local government areas and the torch of unity ceremony was performed by the MOC Chairman, Mr Hameed Adio.
Cov/ Sodiq Adebara
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