according to katsinapost The
National Lottery Commission in conjunction with National Lottery Trust Fund on
Tuesday donated sports equipment worth N35 million 60 primary schools in
Katsina State.
The sporting facilities purchased by the government are
football, volleyball, lawn tennis, basketball, athletics, badminton, hockey and
table tennis materials.
Engr. Habu Gumel, the Executive Secretary of
the National Lottery Trust Fund said at a ceremony in Katsina where some of the
equipment were distributed to benefiting schools that the gesture was promote
sports at grassroots.
“The sporting equipment are donated to the 60
selected primary schools in the 34 Local Government Areas of Katsina State.
“The equipment are donated for the upliftment
and promotion of grassroots sports development in Katsina State.
“This exercise of equipping our public
primary schools with quality sports equipment through funding from the National
Lottery is a clear sign of government”s desire to assist the vulnerable
children in the society.
Earlier, speaking, the Director General of
National Lottery Commission, Mr. Adolphus Ekpe, called on the Headmasters of
benefiting schools to make judicious use of the sporting equipment.
“The proper usage of the sporting equipment
will lead to the discovery of new talents in sports that abound in our
communities and rural areas.” he said
In his remarks,
the Chairman of Katsina State Basic Education Board, Alhaji Lawal Buhari,
pledged that the Board would assist the primary schools to make judicious use
of the equipment.
“The sporting equipment will surely assist
our pupils to boost their sporting talents.
“The Lottery Commission and Trust Fund
donation of the sporting equipment has come at the right time when our schools
are in dire need of the sporting equipment.
“The Board will set-up a committee that will
be going round to inspect the donated equipment” he said
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