25 private varsities set for NPUGA Games

25 private varsities set for NPUGA Games
on november 02, 2013 at 8:20 pm in sports
By Dayo Johnson, Akure
TWENTY FIVE private universities will converge on
Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU) in Ikeji-
Arakeji, Osun State for the 5th edition of the Nigeria
Private University Games Association, NPUGA
slated for December 14 to 22, 2013.
President of the Local Organizing Committee, LOC of
the private university games, Tunde Akinola, who
said this in Akure, noted that 2,000 students would
participate in the competition, adding that 10
different sports will be competed for.
These include football,basketball,
volleyball,swimming, Athletics, chess,
scrabble,tennis,table tennis and badminton in which
the 25 universities will be struggling for honours in
the seven-day event that will attract the creme-de-
la-creme of the society.
Akinola, who is also the National President of
NPUGA, said the aim of the Games is to help the
nation discover talents among the students of the
private universities. He said the previous editions of
the Games had produced outstanding athletes who
have represented the country in various fields of
sporting activities.
The organizers however solicited for government
support by extending it’s financial assistance and
subvention to private university games as being
done to public universities in the country.
Akinola stated that the LOC of the hosting institution
(JABU) has assured that all the facilities for the
Games are in good condition, saying two venues
will be used for the sporting events.
He said,” the NPUGA committee is making efforts to
ensure that the Games are hitch free. We want to
assure all our stakeholders that this year’s edition
shall be better than the previous ones”.