The Local Organising Committee for the 26th Nigerian University Games Association has disclosed that over 10,000 athletes will compete when strifes begin at the University of Lagos in March, 2022.
According to the information given to newsmen by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe at the Senate Chamber of the university on Tuesday, a total of 136 universities will take part in the Games.
Ogundipe stated that adequate security arrangements would be made by the university and Lagos State government, adding: “Over 300 CCTV cameras will be installed on our campus here in Akoka, Yaba and Idi Araba.
“We will use the NUGA Games to prove to the world that UNILAG is the university of the first choice. Here, we are able to balance academic activities with sports.”
He also gave a clue that UNILAG would collaborate with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to fact check names of eligible students so as to avoid the use of mercenaries by some desperate universities.
The VC enjoined Nigerians and corporate organisations to rally around the LOC in its bid to stage the best NUGA Games in 2022.
Meanwhile, the 26th NUGA Game was earlier scheduled for 2020, but now shifted to March 2022.
He added that the mascot for the Games would be unveiled on November 26.