Lagos Holds Traditional Sports In Somolu

The Office of the Special Assistant on Grassroots Sports to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola in conjunction with the Lad Sports Club has concluded arrangement to organize a traditional sports championship in Somolu, Lagos .

The tournament will take place at the Saint Paul UNA Nursery and Primary School, Basua, Somolu on Saturday.

The Coordinating Consultant in the Office of Special Assistant on Grassroots Sports, Niran Adeniji, said the three sports Draft, Ayo-Olopon and Cards would be contested for in the one day championship.

A total of One hundred and five thousand Naira will be given out as prize money for winners in the three events.

Overall winners in the events will get the sum of N15, 000 each, runners-up will go home with the sum of N10, 000, while third and fourth place winners will get the sum of N5,000 each.

It would be recalled that the revived traditional games received a boost when Mainland and Yaba local governments jointly staged an interesting Ayo Olopon, Cards, Draughts and Rams charging games at St. Agnes Primary School , Sabo, Yaba in the first week of September this year to herald the games.

However, Governor Fashola's commitment to the revival of Traditional Games as a means of keeping people, both young and old busy with participation in recreational activities in their localities, made him to further approve the staging of the events in all the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the state.