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NYG 2021: We will do better than 2019 – Oyo Sports Council Chairman

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Chairman, Oyo State Sports Council, Mr. Gbenga Adewusi has assured the people of Oyo State that the state’s athletes to the National Youth Games in Ilorin will win more medals than they won at the 2019 edition. 

Mr. Adewusi gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen on preparations of Oyo State’s contingent for the National Youth Games which will begin on October 10, 2021, in Ilorin, Kwara state. 

He noted that the state government has put every machinery in place to ensure that the state’s athletes compete favourably with other states at the Youth Games. 

Mr. Adewusi reaffirmed the state’s commitment to sports development through various programmes to discover and nurture young talents. 

The 2021 National Youth Games will begin on October 10 to October 20 in Ilorin, Kwara State.

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Oyo will sweep medals at National Sports Festival – Council Boss

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Chairman, Oyo State Sports Council, Chief Gbenga Adewusi has expressed optimism that the state will record more success at the forthcoming National Sports Festival.

Chief Adewusi gave the assurance in Ibadan while speaking with newsmen.

According to the former local council boss, Governor Seyi Makinde has been giving great support to sports development and this would enable the state to surpass the ninth position it recorded at the Abuja National Sports Festival in 2018.

He disclosed that apart from some games that Oyo State is known for sweeping medals, the sports council has been working out modalities to win medals in other games.

“We are going to win more medals than before because we have athletes of national and international repute and we have told our boxers to stop looking for points but try to knock out their opponents” Adewusi told newsmen.

The veteran squash player turned coach maintained that there is politics in sports, but assured that Oyo State athletes would win convincingly to avoid any foul play.

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Team Oyo Arrives Ilorin for 5th National Youth Games

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One hundred and eleven athletes from Oyo state have arrived Ilorin, Kwara State, for the 5th National Youth Games holding at the University of Ilorin.

The Oyo State Contingent led by the General Manager of Oyo State Sports Council, Mr. Gboyega Makinde, consists of sixty-nine males and forty-two female athletes.

According to a statement by the Media Officer of the Oyo state Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mrs. Olubukola Ibikunle, the state’s representatives will compete for medals in twenty-five games at the event.

Also, sixty-five state officials, including security agents were part of the state’s contingent to the National Youth Games, which will end next week Tuesday.

Oyo State clinched the 8th position at the 4th National Youth Games held last year at the University of Ilorin, Kwara state.

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