As part of activities to mark her 100 days in office, the Chairman of Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mrs Titilola Rufai, has unveiled a sports fiesta to unite and engage youths.
She said as much during a novelty match between Team Olojo FC and Team Osolu FC, organised by the council to mark the opening of the fiesta.
Rufai said the aim of the fiesta was to engage youths in sporting activities and bring them together.
‘The idea is to bring youths in the council together to engage in sporting activities because an idle hand is the devil’s workshop.
She said: ‘Apart from football tournament that will begin on Tuesday, we also have indoor games for our youths.
‘They are ludo , snooker, scramble, table-tennis, ayo olopon, draught and boxing. This is the maiden edition. The idea is to bring out talents and stars.’
Mr Ege Olusegun, who represents Ojo Constituency 01 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, said the fiesta was a good beginning for the chairman.
The Osolu of Irewe Kingdom in Ojo, Oba Abideen Adekanbi, said the fiesta would encourage youths to concentrate more on sports, instead of engaging in cultism, crime and drug abuse.
Chief Ajao Obasa, the Akogun of Ojo land, representing Oba Kalid Rufai, the Olojo of Ojo Kingdom, said the fiesta would promote unity among youths.
The Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the fiesta, Alhaji Moruf Adekunle, said the football competition would be on for four weeks, while indoor games would be held for two days.
He said the winner of the football competition would go home with N500,000, second position would collect N300,000, while third position would go home with N100,000.
Adekunle said winners in indoor games would go home with fabulous prizes.