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. “One of the things that we are already doing now is to drum up awareness and get our students fully involved. We will also use the opportunity to showcase Nigeria’s very rich and diversified cultural heritage.
Co-hosting with LASU also takes some of the burden off our shoulders, and the Lagos State Government is also supporting us.” The UNILAG Communications Unit also organised a road show on Thursday to drum awareness around the campus ahead of the games. Related News ‘LASU, UNILAG ready for FASU Games’ ASUU protests LASU lecturers' dismissal today UNILAG power disconnected over N1bn debt – EKEDC The Director of Spo.