You Must Unlock Your Potentials With Sports Summer Camp, Gafaar Charges Lagos Students

With the dividends of the 2021 Lagos Sports Summer Camp being seen since it started in Badagry and the just concluded second phase in Ikorodu town, the Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Oluwatoyin Gafaar, wanted the participating students to ensure that their lives not remain the same after the exercise.

No fewer than 120 children aged between 9 and 14 participated at the Ikorodu leg of the camping held at Oriwu College in Ikorodu.

P.M. EXPRESS reports that the campers were exposed to 60 % Sports, and 40 %, Life Skills during the seven day life changing activities powered by the Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Sports Commission. The children were divided according to their sports and life skills of their choices.

The sports and life skills included Athletics, Basketball, Board Games such as Chess, Monopoly and Scrabble, Ayo, Darts , Volleyball and the Game of Fives.

The Life Skills activities included Tie and Dye, Hat Making, Tile and Brick Making , Power Bank and Power Bank Battery production.

According to Oluwatoyin Gafaar, “the campers having been exposed to different sports and life skills of their choices are expected to unlock their potentials after this educative and informative Lagos Sports Summer Camp.

“By attending this camp, you have all unlock your potentials through your participation in various activities deliberately designed to unlock your potentials.

“If you look through the Key that we gave you, it symbolizes future success.

“With this key, your potentials would be unlocked. Although, you spent only six days here for different activities, go back home to extend what you have learnt here to others in your communities, neighborhood and your household. By doing that , it’s going to give us a good society,” Gafaar said.

Whilst giving her pep talk on Day Five of the camp , Aminat Idrees Matepo, Team Lagos Taekwondo gold medalist at the last Sports Festival in Edo State, urged the campers to make use of the rare opportunity given to them by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Lagos State Sports Commission.

“You are opportune to be here at this Lagos Sports Summer Camp, therefore try to make use of what you have leanrt here.

“You have the responsibility to make judicious use of the opportunity of being part of this Sports Summer Camp.”

.Also speaking, Dr. Azeezat Yishawu charged the campers to always try as much as possible to achieve their goals.

“The reason for Lagos Sports Summer Camp is to be able to mix and identify yourself. It is the best for the state, our country and the communities for you to turn out as the best,” she said.

The Phase 3 of the Lagos Sports Summer Camp will take place in Surulere, Lagos from Sunday 5th to Saturday 11th September, 2021.