To
aid sports development at the grassroots, Lagos State Government
Tuesday gave equipment in various sports to local government councils
and schools that won the state’s Sports Festival in 2012 and 2014.
Commissioner
for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Mr. Wahid Enitan Oshodi, who
represented Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola at a ceremony to reward the
winners at Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas inside Teslim Balogun Stadium,
Surulere, Lagos, said that the government is passionately committed to
the development of youth sports at the grassroots, hence the need to
equip the local council areas which are closer to the people.
According
to him, “when the competitions were staged in 2012 and this year, we
gave out prizes and trophies to the winners, but Governor Fashola
believes that there other ways to encourage these young boys and girls
in their various sports. So we decided to give them this equipment for
them to train, though these are not enough. We believe, however, that
they would be encouraged and more importantly we must commended the
Executive Chairmen of these local councils
for their supports to these athletes and the sports ministry.”
On
how the equipment will be well maintained at the local governments, the
Commissioner disclosed that various Sports Officers attached to all the
57 council areas in the Lagos State are well equipped and train to be
the good eyes of the sports ministry, adding that there is no cause for
alarm on the maintenance of the sports equipment.
Permanent
Secretary, Office of Sports, Mr. Oluseyi Whenu advised all the local
governments and the Local Council Development Areas, LCDA, public and
private schools to be partners in progress with the sports ministry in
the development
of sports at the grassroots.
Winners
in 2012 are Yaba LCDA in the first position; Bariga LCDA took the
second position with Lagos Island Local Governments. In 2014 Lagos
Island came first, Surulere was second and Ibeju Lekki was third.
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