Gombe State concludes plan to stage tertiary institutions football, athletics competitions

...Competitions aimed at providing a platform for athletes to showcase their talents, carve out a career path - Honourable Shuaibu-Gara Gombe
By Maxwell Kumoye  
 
 

The Initiators and Organisers of the ongoing Gombe State Inter-Secondary Schools Athletics and Principals' Cup Football Competitions, have concluded plans to stage the first ever Gombe State Inter-Tertiary Institutions Athletics and Football Competitions.

This cheering news was made public on Thursday by the Chairman of Gombe State Amateur Athletics Association (GSAAA), Honourable Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe who is also the Competition Director General.

Honourable Ahmed Shuaibu-Gara Gombe, stated that two-in-one Competition scheduled to hold later this year is receiving positive feedbacks from higher institutions in Gombe State.

Your authoritative and award-winning news channel FIRST ZEALMEDIACAST BLOG, gathered that 11 tertiary institutions in Gombe State have already registered for the Games.

Ahmed Shuaibu-Gara Gombe said arrangements have reached advanced stage to ensure the success of this new and laudable initiative which will be an annual sports feast.

He explained that the Gombe Inter-Tertiary Institutions Athletics and Football Competitions aimed at providing a platform for the athletes to showcase their talents and equally carve out a career path in either athletics or football.

"Right from when I was a kid, I have been sponsoring sports competitions, and I will continue to do this. We did it for primary schools, we are now doing it for secondary schools; and after this one we are going to the tertiary institutions,” the former NFA board stated.

"We have already registered about 11 tertiary institutions to start the football competition, and we will also bring in athletics. Most of the athletes that succeed in this country came through school sports, but unfortunately the schools sports programme in this country has been relegated to the background but we want to revive it, and I think we are doing very well,” he added.

Ahmed Shuaibu-Gara Gombe, who is also a social, political and sports commentator, strongly believe that the Inter-Tertiary Institutions Athletics and Football Competitions will be a massive success story at the end of the event.

"The Tertiary Institutions Games is expected to hold this year - 2025. We have already registered the schools, we have the trophies, medals and all the awards, we are only waiting for the end of this Inter-secondary Schools Games and the possibility of bringing the football event, which is the Higher Institutions Football League and Athletics, the same way we are doing with the Secondary Schools Competition to reduce cost and make it one stop event," Gombe stressed.

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