By Isaac Afolabi
University basketball teams are gearing up to compete in the upcoming Ondo State Students Festival themed “Our Ease Students’ Festival 1.0” to commemorate the International Student Day, scheduled to hold from the thirteenth to the seventeenth of November, twenty twenty-five, at the indoor sports hall of the Akure Sports Complex.
Speaking ahead of the games, Director of the Ondo State Student Athlete Development Office (OSSADO), Olabode James, said the tournament is aimed at discovering and nurturing young talents across tertiary institutions in the state. In his words, “the initiative is designed to identify promising players, groom them to stardom, and prepare them to represent Ondo State and Nigeria at national and international levels”.
This laudable initiative was included into the activities by the Senior Special Assistant of Student Affairs to the Governor of Ondo State in person of Hon. Kevin Solomon Olaolu (KSO) who has repeatedly laid emphasis on the important role sports and education plays in the reformation of the modern day student and youth.
Thanking His Excellency Dr Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa for approving this event, the SSA on Student Affairs concluded that “indeed our ease has come in the student community and Ondo state in general.