Long abandoned Schools Sports which has served as springboard for legendary athletes from Kwara is all set to start in November 10 after decades of its abandonment, according to Kwara Sports Commission, KSC.
The commission made sure of this after setting the ball rolling on Thursday with the inauguration of the Main Organising Committee, MOC, and the Local Organizing Committee, LOC of sporting event.
Tagged School Sports 2023 under Organising body, School Sports Athletics Championship, the event will feature Athletics events like track and fields events.
According to the commission, the move is to further consolidate on the gains of the impressive outing of the Kwara Athletes at the the just concluded National Youth Games in Asaba Delta State.
Inaugurating the committees on Thursday in Ilorin, the Executive Chairman of the Sports Commission, Mallam Bola Magaji, revealed that the state government under Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is committed to re-awaken sports from the grassroots, stating that the school sports talent hunt competition is designed to revive sports as part of curricula of all schools which will culminate in zonal and state sports festival.
He Charged the MOC and LOC to demonstrate and display high sense of responsibility by staging a hitch free championship.
According to him, “the program is the present administration’s modest way of telling youth that Government recognizes them as partners in progress and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq cares for their interest”
In his good will message, an Olympian, Hameed Adio, commended the state’s sports commission for their laudable initiatives at reviving school sports, adding that the idea of combining sports and education through reactivation of school sports by Bola Magaji led commission is unprecedented.
He expressed dissatisfaction with the poor way of organizing Inter-house sports by some schools in the state, describing it as a mere jamboree and glorified fashion parade.
Also speaking, the representatives of SUBEB and TESCOM said that they will give support to the program and synergize with school authorities to ease the processes.
