NAN-S-21
NUGA
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus
Ilorin, March 22, 2017 (NAN) The Management of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete near Ilorin, says the institution is ready to host the Zone ‘B’ Preliminaries for the 2017 Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA).
Suleiman Yusuf, the university’s Assistant Information/Protocol Officer, in a statement on Wednesday assured institutions billed to participate of a hitch-free competition in spite of being a first-time host.
He also said the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, gave further assurance of this when a team of sports administrators from the zone paid him a courtesy visit recently.
“Na’Allah stated that the university was fully prepared to host the competition, adding that a number of facilities would be upgraded to meet the standards set for the games.’’
Yusuf stated that the university’s Sports Director, Prof Mohammed Gambari, had said the visit would lead to the inspection of available facilities to ascertain their suitability for the games.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the zone’s 12 universities will participate in 13 events at the competition scheduled for April 4 to April 9.
The participating universities will compete in athletics, badminton, basketball, chess, volleyball, handball, judo, taekwondo, squash, tennis, table tennis, swimming and football.(NAN)
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(Edited by Ifeyinwa Omowole and Olawale Alabi)