Parliamentary staff games end in Abuja
On Saturday, Kano State representing North West defeated Nasarawa State to clinch the third position in the football event just as Labi Josiah of the National Assembly Service Commission, representing FCT Zone clinched gold in scrabble, J.O Amadasun (South South) took silver and Jude Nwafor (South East) settled for bronze. In the table tennis event, […]
On Saturday, Kano State representing North West defeated Nasarawa State to clinch the third position in the football event just as Labi Josiah of the National Assembly Service Commission, representing FCT Zone clinched gold in scrabble, J.O Amadasun (South South) took silver and Jude Nwafor (South East) settled for bronze.
In the table tennis event, Yusuf Kehinde of Ekiti State (South West) won gold, Labi Josiah of FCT Zone again took silver, while Felix Egbejabie of Delta State(South South) grabbed the bronze medal.
Speaking to Fever pitch, the National President of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, Mr. Fatai Olaruwaju Jimoh said the motive behind the games is to strengthen the unity among parliamentary staff in the six geo-political zones including the FCT zone which is made up of the National Assembly Staff and the National Assembly Service Commission.
He said: “The essence of the games is to bring together all parliamentary staff across the six geo-political zones, including the FCT to understand one another in order to forge a common goal towards achieving the common goal and objective of the association”.
He said the games which have lived up to expectations featured only three events because as a baby association, PASAN lacks the financial muscle to include more events in the median edition.
Jimoh said despite its financial constraints, the association was able to support the participating teams in the areas of transportation, feeding and accommodation.
According to him, in addition to trophies to be presented, undisclosed cash prizes would be given to winners at today’s closing ceremony which he said would witness a novelty football match between the management staff and directors of National Assembly Service Commission and legislators.
Jimoh in addition said the immediate past Senate President, Senator David Mark and Clerk of the House, Alhaji Abubakar Salisu Maikasuwa will grace the closing ceremony as special guests.
He said Senator Mark and Maikauswa are the sole sponsors of the games and deserve to be commended.
Jimoh expressed hope that the in-coming national assembly would also see need to continue to support the laudable initiative of PASAN which he said is geared towards enhancing the physical fitness and mental alertness of all parliamentary staff across the nation.