Kunle Adelabu, Oluwaseun Ajayi & Oluwatobi Oguntoki
-Ikorodu, Somolu trail behind
It was yet another successful outing for the Education District II as the 9th edition of its Sports Festival was brought to a close with a memorable grand finale on Thursday, December 7, 2017, at the Oriwu College Sports Ground.
The event, which was held amidst funfare, recorded a huge attendance of officials, administrators, teachers and students from various public schools in District II who all participated in several sporting events in high spirit.
At the end of the event, Kosofe Zone emerged the overall best zone with 3 gold and 5 silver medals.
Emerging second and third overall best in the Senior Secondary Schools category are Yewa Senior Secondary School, Ikorodu with 2 gold, 1silver and 3 bronze and CMS Girls Secondary School, Bariga, with 2 gold and 1silver respectively.
In the Junior Secondary Schools category, St. Luke Junior School, Somolu, from Somolu zone came first with 3 gold and 2 silver medals; Lagos State Civil Service Model College, Igbogbo, emerged second best with 2 gold and Best Junior School, Bariga, had 1 gold medal to claim the third position.
The Education District II comprises of three zones – Ikorodu, Somolu and Kosofe.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the occasion, Dr Akin Odubiyi, Group Chairman, Mutual Benefit Assurance, in his address stated that his company has been involved with the Education District II to develop the students and help improve the educational standard.
He gave kudos to the Governor of Lagos State for identifying with sports and making it an integral part of his administration’s agenda.
While further pledging his company’s support for the development of sports in the state, Dr Odubiyi assured that 2018 edition of the festival would be adequately sponsored by Mutual Benefit Assurance.
Mr Olaniyi Yinka Gbemi, the Tutor General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS), Education District II, in his own address stated that, “Today marks another milestone in the district despite a lot of hiccups, the District II Festival is aimed at building healthy rivalry, developing unity and promoting unison”.
And while acknowledging the importance of sports in educational development of youths, he said, “Education without sports is incomplete. A sound mind in a sound body plays an important role in the overall performance of the students/pupils. Bearing this in mind, the District deemed it necessary to organize sports festival with the aim of enhancing the overall well-being of the students, promoting healthy rivalry, developing talents and fostering unity amongst students”.
“I believe that when students engage in sporting activities, all the three domains of learning including cognitive (thinking), affective (emotion/thinking) and psychomotor (physical/kinesthetic) are developed and these enable students perform well academically”, TG/PS added.
“Our gathering here today is to contribute our quota to the development of our society and humanity through sport meets like the one we are witnessing. Sports is also an avenue for job creation without restriction. The only requirement is one’s ability to distinguish oneself, hence, the reason the district organized this meet. Students discovered to have natural talents here today will be nurtured through trainings and competitions”, he assured.
Mr Gbemi also thanked the Lagos State Government under the leadership of Mr Akinwunmi for recognizing sports as a viable and veritable economic industry and partnering with private organizations to develop it.
Comrade Oluwafemi Fakola,Chairman, Nigeria Union Teachers (NUT), Ikorodu branch, while speaking with THE IMPACT, stated that the District should not rest on its oars but start grooming the discovered talents by exposing them to state, national and international competitions.
The host Principal, Alhaja Sherifat Abiodun Ogunniyi, Principal, Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, in a chat with THE IMPACT stated, “The success of this year’s edition under the able leadership of our TG/PS is another proof that District II will continue to show the rest of the state the path to take. We have continue to excel academically, cultural and socially. It is indeed Ikorodu’s turn today to host the rest of the District and we thank them all for their supports”.
Sporting activities which students and schools participated in this year’s edition of the Sports Festival were high jump, long jump, table tennis, long and short races and relay.
While the Sports Ground of Oriwu College, Ikorodu, hosted most of the games including track events, high jump and march past, the hall of the school hosted the table tennis game which was the only indoor game at the Sports Festival while the Long jump event was held at the Lagos State Civil Service Model College, Igbogbo.
Activities and Medals Table:
100M Senior Girls
Inabule Blessing, Ogudu Snr Girls School, Kosofe. 13.3minutes (Gold medal)
Jackson Mary, CMS Snr Girls, Somolu, 13. 9minutes. (Silver medal)
Ayim Happiness, Bariga 14. 2mins.Somolu. (Bronze medal)
100M Junior Girls
Joseph Morenike, St. Lukes Junior School, Somolu, 14.3 minutes. (Gold medal)
Anthony Happiness, Ayedere Ajibola Jnr. School, Kosofe, 14.6minutes. (Silver medal)
400M Junior Girls
Mohammed Aisha, St. Lukes Junior Secondary School, Somolu. (Gold medal)
Paul Rebecca, Oduduwa Junior Secondary School, Somolu, (Silver medal)
Sakiru Odunayo, Isheri Junior Secondary School, Kosofe. (Bronze medal)
400M Junior Boys
Aye Abiodun, Ogudu Senior Secondary School, Kosofe. (Gold medal)
Omotayo Iyaniwura, Ogudu Senior Secondary School (Silver medal)
Ijede Harrison, Zumratul Junior Secondary School, Ikorodu. (Bronze medal)
800M Senior Girls
Otumola Morenike, Ogudu Senior Secondary School, Kosofe. (Gold medal)
Okunuga Ayo, Somolu. Silver medal
Nwagba Mary, Yewa Senior Secondary School, Ikorodu. (Bronze medal)
800M Senior Boys
Adele Francis, Lagos State Civil Service Model College, Igbogbo, Ikorodu. (Gold medal)
Ali Abdul-Rahmon, Ogudu Senior Secondary School, Kosofe, (Silver medal)
Omyieze Ifeanyi, Archdeacon Senior Secondary School, Somolu. (Bronze medal)
400M Relay Race (Girls)
Somolu, 40. 8minutes. (Gold medal)
Kosofe, 42. 6minutes. (Silver medal)
Ikorodu, 45. 2minutes. (Bronze medal)
400M Relay Race (Boys)
Ikorodu. 37. 5minutes. (Gold medal)
Kosofe. 37. 6minutes. (Silver medal)
Somolu. Disqualified
Long Jump (Boys)
Inegbeni Joshua, Z.I.G.S., Ikorodu ( Gold medal)
Olagunju Muiz, Gbagada Junior. Somolu (Silver medal)
Lasisi Opeyemi, Oreyo Senior Grammar Sch, Igbogbo (Bronze medal)
Long Jump (Girls)
Omomoyesan Temilorun, CMS Snr Girls. Somolu. (Gold medal)
Akinwale Bolu, Oreyo Snr Grammar Ikorodu. (Silver medal)
Uwandu Amarachi, Community Snr. Kosofe. (Silver medal)
Table Tennis (Junior Boys)
Elias Mukodeen, Baptist Jnr High Sch, Somolu. (Gold medal)
Oloto Ibrahim, Oreyo Snr Grammar Sch, Igbogbo. (Silver medal)
Ismail Hammed, Igbogbo Jnr High. Somolu. (Bronze medal)
Table Tennis (Junior Girls)
Surmer Balikis, Baptist Jnr High, Somolu. (Gold medal)
Okesola Bolu, Yewa Jnr Gram, Ikorodu. (Silver medal)
Ganiu Barakat, Z.I.G.S. Igbogbo (Bronze medal)
Table Tennis (Senior Girls)
Ajasa Imoleayo,United Snr High, Ikorodu. (Gold medal)
Adio Rofiat, Lanre Awolokun. Somolu. (Silver medal)
Ige Marian, Angus Mem Snr. Somolu. (Bronze medal)
