The greatest revelation is that there is an institution in Nigeria, a Tertiary institution for that matter with the facilities to host all the athletes and officials in one single environment with good enough facilities to host 34 different sports!
Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State of Nigeria, has returned to normalcy after the frenzy of two whole weeks of a festival of sports that many stakeholders have described as the best sports development programme to have taken place in Nigeria in decades.
So, Ilorin 2019 was a great success, a reminder of our history, a measure of our capacity and a compass into the future of our sports and administration. These days, when I write and quote from William Shakespeare and Thomas Hardy, write for several media, consult for several organisations, and display uncommon skills and knowledge about several subjects and vocations, it is almost entirely the result of a life cultivated and nurtured at St. Murumba College, Jos. So, I am a proud handiwork of Rev. Fathers O’Connel, O’Connor, Murphy, Mrs. Williams, Ms. Graeves and so on.
As a result, I was very active and very successful, both as an athlete and a scholar, representing my secondary school in academic and football competitions throughout my 5 years as a student. One such step is making the National Youth Games exclusive to students in secondary schools. That will put Nigerian sports back on the track of authentic sports development.
Nigeria is not a place to take lightly the enforcement of rules and close monitoring. Given a yard of a leg-room, the Nigerian will expand it to a bed room. Age-cheats and document falsifiers fill every crevice of Nigerian sport.
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