Date: 2021-08-21

The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof Muhammed Akanbi, Thursday flagged off the university's cyclists club aimed at curbing social vices.

Akanbi who reaffirmed KWASU's commitment to sports development said the essence of the club is to ensure wellness and fitness of the institution's students at all times.

According to him, the club was borne out of the need to engage the students in sporting activities to prevent them from indulging in social vices.

He urged the students to take advantage of the institution's sports potential by partaking in sporting activities to make the university and the nation proud.

The chairman, Sports Committee of the university, Prof Abubakar Laaro thanked the vice chancellor for his interest in sporting activities which he described as a morale booster.

In his remark, the Director, Centre for Wellness and Creative Art Therapy, Dr Toyin Musa said the centre for wellness with the support has been adequately equipped to offer technical and professional training to all interested members of the university community, not only in cycling, but also other wellness and sporting activities.

Musa stated that the centre will soon come up with other health related programmes to encourage the university community to consciously subscribe to wellness activities to entrench healthy lifestyles.