Organizing games will bring unity to Jakuako –  chairman

Organizing games will bring unity to Jakuako –  chairman

By: Yahaya Wakili

The chairman of the caretaker management committee of Jakusko local government area of Yobe state, Alhaji Umar Aguwa Maguram, has said that organizing wrestling games and other games will bring unity among the people.

The chairman stated this to newsmen at Jakusko during the final of the wrestling competition organized by the local government among the youths.

He said organizing such a competition will bring unity among our people. I myself didn’t expect that the game would get acceptance from the people, but since the game didn’t come to an end, people started tuning in to watch the game,” he said.

The chairman further said the wrestling competition was to connect the people to love each other and also to unite the players to know themselves. Whereas some come from rural areas, somebody didn’t see someone, but because of the game, they knew themselves.

“We should not rely on football games only; we should not abandon our culture. That is why I organized the wrestling competition among our youth to test and see, and it was successful. 

“I am appealing to the people of the local government, youths and elders, to pray for our state; everybody knows this is our state as it was before, but now, by the grace of God, we get peace for almost 85%.” He added.

Also speaking, the chairman of the organizing committee of the wrestling, Malam Umar Mustapha, said we pick two people from each ward, and we have ten wards across the local government area.

He said we never had a wrestling competition in Jakusko local government area until during the tenure of the present chairman, Alhaji Umar Aguwa, he created the game, and it succeeded.

He thanked the chairman, Alhaji Umar Aguwa, for giving them the opportunity to organize this wrestling competition, and he also thanked the APC chairman of the local government, Alhaji Adamu Lamido, and the security agencies for their support in carrying out this assignment successfully.

The first winner gets a prize of a motorcycle, the second winner receives $150,000, and the third winner receives $100,000, respectively.

Organizing games will bring unity to Jakuako –  chairman