…as ABUAD holds 5th edition of Basketball Competition
Gboyega made the disclosure at the fifth edition of
Basketball Competition named “Ball Up”, held in the Institution.
Speaking with journalists, he noted that the Olympic-Size
Swimming Pool, which will be completed in the next few months is one of his
father’s investments in Sports, in his bid to sharpen the talents of ABUAD
Students apart from being excellent in their academic career.
Gboyega who is also the son of Aare Afe, said efforts are
being intensified to make the Basketball Competition and other sports
categories known in the state and Nigeria at large.
According to him, “Today is the fifth anniversary of a
Basketball competition we call Ball Up. The reason for this competition is to
have Basketball lovers all around the World know that there is actually a
basketball competition that goes on in Afe Babalola University.
“There are a lot of students here, there are a lot of
potentials. We had Basketball players that actually joined the National team
last year.
“I’m the Director of Sports here in ABUAD, it’s not by
mistake. I make sure that every students have interest in one sports or the
other. When I was younger, my father had interest in sports. He actually bought
us several equipments, to encourage us in Sports.
“Baba supports sports wholeheartedly, one of the things Afe
Babalola is doing right now is the Olympic-size swimming pool which he has
spent over 500,000,000 to build which will be ready in the next couples of
month. That is one of his investments in sports.
“So, me coming back to Nigeria is befitting for me. It’s my
joy to make Sports more known around here, around Ekiti and even Nigeria.”
Gboyega added winners will be awarded with nothing less than
N300,000 which will serve as morale booster for other students of the
University.
“We have the dung contest, the first place will get
N300,000; the second place will get N250,000 while the third place will get
N150,000.
“For the women category, we have N200,000; N100,000 and
N50,000.
“We have some couples of sponsorship coming through for us
which are Red Bull and Monster to promote us here”. He added.