As part of activities to mark her 100-day in office, the Chairman of Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mrs Titilola Rufai, has unveiled a Sports Fiesta to unite and engage youths in the council.
The chairman disclosed this at a novelty march between Team Olojo FC and Team Osolu FC organised by the council to mark the opening ceremony of the fiesta.
Rufai said the aim of the fiesta is to engage the youth with different sporting activities and bring them together.
“The whole idea is to bring youth in the council together to engage in different sporting activities because an idle hand is a devil’s workshop.
“Apart from football tournament that will commence on Tuesday, we also have different indoor games for our youths.
“The indoor games are Ludo game, snooker, scramble, table-tennis, Ayo Olopon, draft, and boxing.
“We are only using this match to unveil the fiesta, the activities will fully commence on Nov.25.
“This is the maiden edition in the council and the idea is just to bring out talents and stars,” she said.
Rufai promised that the council would continue the sports fiesta throughout her tenure, adding that the idea was for the progress of Ojo youths.
Also speaking, Mr Ege Olusegun, who represents Ojo constituency 01 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, said the fiesta is a good beginning for the chairman.
“Our chairman has taken a good step by bringing sporting activities of all kinds into the fiesta. This is a good start for the youth to engage themselves.
“The avenue will give the youth who have talents to showcase both locally and internationally,” he said.
Oba Abideen Adekanbi, the Osolu of Irewe Kingdom in Ojo, said the fiesta would encourage the youth of the council to concentrate more on sport instead of engaging in cultism, crime and drug abuse.
“This is an opportunity for youth in the council to discover themselves through the platform,” he said.
Also speaking, Chief Ajao Obasa, the Akogun of Ojo land, representing Oba Kalid Rufai, the Olojo of Ojo kingdom, said the fiesta would bring unity among the youth in the council.
Obasa commended the chairman for setting the pace with the fiesta since the council was created.
“This is the first time we are seeing this fiesta in Ojo and I believe this will bring unity among our youth,” he said.
In his remarks, Alhaji Moruf Adekunle, the Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the fiesta, said the football competition would be on for four weeks while indoor games would be held for two days.
According to him, the winner of the football competition will go home with N500,000, second position will collect N300,000 while third position will go home with N100,000.
Adekunle said that winners in other indoor games would go home with fabulous prizes.
