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Marathon
Omu-Aran (Kwara), Dec. 20, 2016 (NAN) One hundred athletes are expected to take part on Dec. 23, in the first Omu-Aran Min- Marathon in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the participants would comprise of male and female student athletes from the secondary schools in Omu-Aran.
The 10-kilometre-marathon race was being sponsored by Skylarks’ Club of Omu-Aran.
Mr James Sangoyemi, the club’s president, told NAN that the event would start at 7 a.m. from the Federal Government Girls College’s gate and ends at the Bareke roundabout inside the town.
He said that the race was one of the major initiatives of the club toward the development of sports at the grassroots in the area.
Sangoyemi said the initiative was also part of the club’s corporate social responsibility aimed at complimenting the government`s efforts in the development of sports and education.
He said that sports and education were formidable tools for youth transformation and development.
The club’s president disclosed the race had a N200,000 price-tag for the winners.
He listed some of the participating schools as Omu-Aran High School, Ogbo Grammar School, Omu-Aran, Ofe-Aran Commercial College and Aperan Comprehensive College.
He said the Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye, would be the royal father of the day. (NAN)
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Edited by Mustapha Lamidi, Peter Dada