Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has qualifi ed for the fi nals of 2017 Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA), to be hosted by he Federal University of Technology, Makurdi, from 19th to 30th April, 2017. KWASU athletes will participate in fi ve games, including squash, badminton, table tennis, female volleyball and javelin.
Th e university had successfully hosted the Zone ‘B’ Preliminaries for the 2017 NUGA Games . Out of eleven universities expected to take part in the NUGA Preliminaries, the Institution played host to seven. Th ese included Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State; Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife; Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti; and Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).
Others were University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Ilorin; Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA), Ondo State, and Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Osogbo.
Th e preliminaries featured 13 sporting events which took place between April 5 and 7, 2017. Th e Chairman, Technical Committee for NUGA, Mr. Nick Igbokwe; the Chairman of the Zone and KWASU Director of Sports, Professor Mohammed Baba Gambari, and other Directors and Chairmen of Sports from the participating institutions were all present to ensure a hitchfree competition.
To demonstrate his support for the Games, the Vice-Chancellor of the host University, Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, stunned the athletes with his appearance at the University Sports Arena, to watch the last football encounter between KWASU and UNIOSUN, which ended 1-0 in favour of the latter. Na’Allah commended all athletes and their coaches for their performance and demonstration of a high level of sportsmanship, which he said contributed greatly to the success of the Games.
