Wale Jagun
Second season of the Lagos Sports Summer Camp is now ongoing in Badagry Grammar School, Badagry, the venue of the camp for the Lagos West Senatorial District of the state.
This year’s edition is slated to hold across the three Senatorial districts in Lagos State.
The Summer Camp, an initiative of the Lagos State Sports Commission, was designed for pre-teens between ages 9 and 14 in a secured and conducive environment, with caring and experienced camp counselors to guide them throughout.
The second and the third legs of the camp is scheduled to hold in Ikorodu for Lagos East Senatorial District and Surulere for Lagos Central Senatorial District between 21st to 27th August and 29th of August to 4th of September, respectively.
Mr Oluwatoyin Gafaar Bolowotan, speaking with THE IMPACT in his office on Wednesday, said that participants in this year’s camping will be able to build solar power and power bank going by the training that they are going to be exposed to.
“This is a programme that the government is keen about and students in camp are going to be exposed and engaged in trainings and at the end of the camp, they will be able to build solar power and power bank through the combination of sports, education and craftsmanship”, he said.
“We are going to gather the first ten participants in all the centres with others at the Teslim Balogun stadium to teach them in robotic engineering and also make presentation to the governor”, he added.
“At the end of the day, we are going to give them Lagos State flags and keys”.
According to the Commission, the Lagos Sports Summer Camp is borne out of the need to design a conducive environment where kids come together to develop a sense of independence as they try new adventures away from home.
No fewer than 360 students drawn from public and private schools across the State will partake in the 2021 edition of the camp which kicked – off last Sunday in Badagry.
