Kwara State Schools Championships Uncover Talented Amputee Athletes

Date: 2024-07-09

According to a news report from Punch, the 2023 Kwara State Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships have started yielding promising results, with the discovery of two talented amputee athletes in the Lafiagi Centre, Edu Local Government Area.

The two athletes, Omar Saidu, an SS1 student at Lafiagi Secondary School, and Mohammed Alhaji Issa of UBE Centre School Lafiagi, are set to represent the state in the National Youth Games and the Sports Festival.

Saidu excelled on the track, winning the 200m and placing fourth in the 800m events, while Issa demonstrated remarkable skill in the javelin event.

The Lafiagi Centre was part of the Kwara North Zone of the State Schools Sports, which concluded on Friday.

The event was characterised with thrills and pulsating moments, giving the pocket spectators at the centre something to cheer about.

The executive chairman of the Kwara Sports Commission (KWSC), Coach Bola Mogaji, said that the aim of the event, which is to take sports to the grassroots in the state, has been fulfilled with the discovery of new talents.

“The mission of the Kwara State Sports Commission of taking sports, particularly athletics, to the grassroots to discover hidden talents is yielding positive results,” Mogaji said.

On the discovery of the two amputees, Mogaji said, “These two athletes really showed tremendous ability as potential feature champions for the state and the country”.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Radio SBS     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     John Obuh     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Amule Elementary School     Galadiman Ngeri     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Michael Nzekwe     Yekini Adio     Rashidi Yekini     CCB     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     20 Billion Bond     Galadima     Democracy Day     Bukola Ajikobi     NIPOGA     Kwara State Government     Mukhtar Shagaya     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Kwara Poly     Olaosebikan     Kolo     Omu-aran     Bolaji Abdullahi     KFA     Egbewole     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Bola Magaji     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Amina El-Imam     Salihu Yahaya     Salman Alada     Kulende     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Wasiu Odewale     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Ahman Patigi     Doyin Agbamu     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Agbarigidoma     Okanlawon Musa     Yahaya Seriki     Dan-Kazeem     Bibire Ajape     Bisi Oyeleke     Adebara     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Mufutau Olatinwo     Ishaq Salman     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Ayinde Oki     Baboko Primary School     Kazeem Adekanye     Twitter     Ridwan Agboola     National Association Of Nigerian Students     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Abubakar Lah     Pilgrims Board     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Adedeji Onimago     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Olaitan Buraimoh     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Doyin Group     Ahmad Lawan     Tunde Kazeem     Iponrin     Voices Of Tomorrow     Law School Scholarship     Lanre Issa Onilu     Bolakale Saka     Post Utme     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Aliyu Muhammed     Bola Shagaya     Bureau Of Lands     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Tunde Idiagbon Road     3MTT     Afonja Descendants Union     Yusuf Badmus     ANCOPPS     Mustapha Olanipekun     Olam Food Ingredients     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Ibrahim Akaje     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Salihu Yahaya     Olatunde Jare     Plat Technologies Limited     Kwara State Football Association     2017 Budget     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Gbugbu International Market     Shonga Farm Project     Gabriel Fashanu     Risikat Lawal     Ilesha-Gwanara     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Ilorin Durbar     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Assayomo     Amasa     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Gobir     Jide Oyinloye     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Umaru Saro     Baba Isale     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Oyelere Oyinloye     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Radio SBS     George Funsho Adebayo     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Amos Bajeh     Sarah Jubril     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Roheemat Hammed     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Buari Edun     New Nigeria People’s Party     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Okin High School     Henry Makinwa     Saka Adeyemo     Idris Amosa Saidu     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Oro Grammar School     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Kwara Polytechnic     Bisi Oyeleke     LEAH Charity Foundation     KWASEIC     SSA Youth Engagement     Peter Obi     Sulyman Buhari