Ile-Ife (Osun) – The Local
Organising Committee (LOC) for the 24th Nigerian Universities Games
Associations (NUGA) Games on Wednesday said that over 6,000 athletes and
officials would participate in the competition.
The Games are scheduled to hold at
the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun, from Feb. 12 to Feb. 22.
Prof. Bayo Omole, the Chairman of
the LOC, said in Ile-Ife that preparations were in top gear to host participants
from universities across the country.
“Apart from the already existing
facilities, others like an all-purpose pitch with pavilion, eight tennis
courts, one cricket oval with a pavilion and a hockey field have been
completed.
“A handball court, an all-purpose
gymnasium with one tennis court, four badminton courts and a basketball court
have been renovated and upgraded to international standard,’’ the chairman
said.
He said the LOC had also renovated
the Mytha Olympic-size swimming pool in the institution “which has been
certified ready by the international swimming body (FINA).
Omole, a professor of architecture,
said that with the quality of facilities in place, the LOC expected the
competition to be of high standard.
According to him, OAU has invested heavily
in its sports complex with the aim of hosting a modern NUGA Games. Read more after the cut...
The chairman said the facilities in
place would offer the athletes the opportunity to excel in their individual
events.
Omole said that after the
competition, the university in general would have better facilities to use,
adding that it would increase the enthusiasm for sports in the institution.
He said that students of the
institution would go on break for the hostels to be free to accommodate the
delegations from other universities.
The chairman said that adequate
security measures had been put in place to ensure the safety of lives and
property of the participants.
He said that the arrangements had
also been made to see to the free flow of traffic within and outside the
institution during the period.
Omole urged the participants and
visitors to the institution to do things in the spirit of friendship and make
the event hitch-free.
The University of Ife now OAU,
hosted the third edition of the biennial NUGA Games in 1970.
Today, there are 36 Nigerian
universities as statutory members of the NUGA General Assembly.
Also, the number of sports at the
NUGA meets has increased to 15 and includes track and field, badminton,
basketball, chess, cricket, handball, judo, soccer and hockey.
Others are football, swimming, table
tennis, taekwondo, tennis and volleyball. (NAN)
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
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