By Kayode Olabanji, Okitipupa
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Parents and guardians have been urged to allow their wards to take part in sporting activities.
Making the call, the Principal of Stella Maris College, Okitipupa Mr. Femi Boluwaji-Ebiwonjumi said that sporting activities boost immune systems, reduce stress, and boost the self-confidence of children in sports and academic performances.
Boluwaji-Ebiwonjumi, while speaking at the 54th Annual Inter-House Athletics Completion of the school, charged Governments to make concerted efforts in discovering raw talents from schools.
He stressed that raw talents who could be nurtured to stardom and help reclaim the glory of the country in both local and international competitions abounded at the grassroots.
The principal also said sporting activities had contributed greatly to the socioeconomic development of many nations, with many sportsmen and sportswomen who had become millionaires and billionaires in different parts of the world.
He added that raw talents still abound at the grassroots and that if the government helps to discover these talents and nurture them to stardom, they can help reclaim the lost glory of the country in sports.
“The nurtured talents also have a great impact on the socio-economic development of nations today as sportsmen and women who have become billionaires contributed to the economic development of their countries,” he said.
Purple House emerged of the winner of the inter-house competition, Green House came second, Yellow House and Blue House took third and fourth positions respectively.
Cash prizes were given to outstanding students in sports and academic performances by the 1974 alumni led by Dr. Bode Thanni.
