The much anticipated 3rd edition of the Federal Education Sector Games (FEDUGAM) kicks off yesterday with funfair at the Nasarawa State University Complex, Keffi.
Declaring the game, tagged:’FEDUGAM Keffi 2022/23’ open after a match parade by the various teams representing their
agencies under the Ministry of Education, the minister of state sducation, Hon. Goodluck Opia, charged the participating athletes to compete fairly and urged them to imbibe the spirit of Sportsmanship notwithstanding who emerge champions at the end of the competition.
“The game is very important, this is an avenue to foster friendship. It an opportunity for the Federal Ministry of education come together in line with the objectives of the game. Participation is more important than the win,” Opia said.
Keeping with the primary objectives of the tournament, director human resource management and chairman FEDUGAM Steering Committee, Mr. David Gende, enjoined all the Ministry’s agencies to always avail themselves at the games given the prime place of the annual tournament.
“We urge all the agencies to team up. We are encouraging as many as possible to join. So we hope in the next edition we will have more of them participate which is key to the game.”
Consultant to the Games, Chief Okeyinkan Matthew, called for wider collaborations, noting that sports globally develop when there are better synergies between private and public entities.
“We are trying to do our best to seek essential support and partnership with different people. The issue of sponship or partisanship is a symbolic relationship. No organization is a father Christmas, you have to enter into partnership. It’s a give a take thing.”
No fewer than hundred sports men and women are competing for medals in football, scrabble, ayoo, draught, badminton, basketball, table tennis, volleyball and handball in the three-day competition which ends this Thursday.
