Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has received the Nigerian University Games Association, NUGA Torch of Unity from the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG Toyin Ogundipe, Board Members of NUGA Games alongside the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The 2022 NUGA games, which will be hosted by the UNILAG from March 16 to 26.
Osinbajo, who described sports as a unifier, said he was truly honoured to receive the Torch of Unity and thanked Ogundipe and his team for the gesture.
The Vice President added that for years, NUGA had not only provided a platform that showed the value that every part of the country had to offer, it had also provided a platform for the discovery and honing of individual sporting talent. He said many of such talents had gone on to represent Nigeria successfully on the world stage.
Earlier in his remarks, Ogundipe said that no fewer than 10,000 students were expected to participate in the games, adding that the games would be made better than the previous ones as it would a city competition; city sports.
On his part, Sports Minster stated that 76 universities had signed on to the forthcoming NUGA and expressed optimism that over 100 universities would sign on before the games would start in March.
