African universities storm Lagos for FASU Games
About 120 universities in Nigeria and 36 others from Africa have started arriving in Lagos for the 11th All-Africa University Games, which is co-hosted by the University of Lagos and Lagos State University from Friday, September 20 (today), till September 29.
The opening ceremony of the event will be held at the UNILAG Sports Complex on Saturday as the competition returns to Nigeria for the first time in 20 years.
UNILAG Vice Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, said the Games will again project Nigeria’s cultural heritage among the community of African universities.
“As for what we will bring, we will create the fun that went around NUGA. The beauty of hosting FASU now is that we don’t have to rethink things from scratch. We thought a lot of things through the last time we hosted NUGA, and we have a template to apply for the games,” she said
The UNILAG Communications Unit also organised a road show on Thursday to drum awareness around the campus ahead of the games.
The Director of Sports, UNILAG, Joseph Awoyinfa, also noted that all facilities for the games have been put in proper shape.
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