The Chairman of Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Yahaya Musa Mohammed, has said that a befitting mini stadium would be constructed in the council before his tenure elapses.
Speaking at the first annual inter-house sports com-petition organised by Government junior Secondary School (GJSS), Abaji at the weekend, he said his administration had taken sport as one of its top priority in ensuring that sporting activities at the council level were given much attention.Represented by the Supervisory Councilor for Education, Mr. Francis Nwokedi, the chairman acknowledged that sports being one of the unifying factors, it would go along way in enhancing sports talents among the youth and sport lovers in the council.
Alhaji Yahaya therefore assured the youth and sports lovers of his readiness in providing sports equipments to various primary junior and senior secondary schools of the council in order to maintain high status in sporting activities as being known in the FCT.
Earlier, the FCT chairman of the Universal Basic Education (UBEB), Alhaji Hussaini Halilu Pai, observed that sporting activities across the world, had promoted unity, development and peace between nations, noting that government of most countries had continue to support sports in order to enhance peoples physical and mental health.He said that at the UBEB level, the board has so far provided over 25 sets of computers in various primary and secondary schools in order to boost computer practical education in schools, noting that the sporting activities among the youths had testified the spirit of unity among the students and staff.
In his remark, the JSS vice Principal Administration, Mr. Ogundipe Mikel, said this year's inter-house sport competition was best of kind in history of the school, thanking the FCT UBEB and other stakeholders for their moral and financial contribution in making the competition a successful one.
Meanwhile, Ona house emerged the winner of the competition with 422 points, among 5 houses that participated in the exercise.
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