The Ogun State Government is set to
organize the 2018 Gateway Tertiary Institutions Games (GATIG) for all the Higher
institutions students across the State.
The State Commissioner for Youths
and Sport, Hon. Moroof Afolabi Afuape who made this known during a Press
conference held at the Alake Sports Council, Ijeja Abeokuta the state capital
said that the main aim of the competition is to discover more talented athletes
for the State.
Afuape said that the present
administration in the State through the Ministry of Youths and Sport and
relevant stakeholders have been meeting for some times on the possibilities of
hosting a befitting GATIG for the Tertiary Institutions in the State.
He added that a lot of effort had
been made and Strategic planning is on-going among the various Committees that
have been put in place to ensure the success of the Game that has been moribund
for many years in the State.
The Commissioner said that he is
very sure considering the fact and figures gathered by the Ministry and
committees that the State can host a world class 2018 GATIG.
He said, “GATIG is not new to us in
Ogun State , but we are only trying to re- branding it in a more befitting ,
acceptable, colourful and classic ways in line with our Ogun standard, because
we have everything that it takes to host the game in Ogun State this year with
our goals to give more youths across the Tertiary Institutions in the State
opportunities to display their various sporting skills that will help our State
to discover more talents for national festival games.”
He appealed to philanthropist and
private firms within and outside the state to rally support for the 2018 Ogun
State GATIG, affirming that rewards for it would go beyond jamboree.
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