Ibrahim Galadima, the Chairman of Kano State Sports Commission, says the state government will collaborate with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to improve sports activities in the state.
Galadima said this on Friday at a grand reception organised by the NYSC in honour of their football team in Kano.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Kano NYSC football team finished third at the just-concluded NYSC Cultural and Sports Festival in Abuja.
Galadima noted that engaging in sports activities was one of the ways to bring the youths together and get them united.
“As you know, sports also contribute a lot to maintaining and improving our health status, hence the need for more efforts to improve the sector,” he said.
Galadima said the state government had concluded plans to start organising sports activities and competitions among higher institutions in the state.
He said the state government was also planning to have such sports activities and competitions among ministries, parastatals and government agencies.
The former chairman of the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA) said this would help to maintain and increase peaceful coexistence and unity, especially among the youths.
In his remarks, the NYSC State Coordinator in Kano, Malam Ladan Baba, said the reception was to honour the corps members and commend them for a job well done.
“It is also to encourage corps members in the state to always participate in all sports activities,’’ he said.
Baba urged the Kano NYSC football team to redouble their efforts so as to come out tops at subsequent competitions.
The NYSC coordinator called on philanthropists in the state to support the football team to move sports activities forward in the state.
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