Amuwogames 2019 which is in its second edition, held its press conference to delve out information on the forthcoming games scheduled to hold throughout the month of November 2019.
The press conference held On Friday 20 September 2019 at the Local government Secretariat Festac town, Amuwo-Odofin.
Present at the press conference was the Chairman Amuwo, Engr Buraimoh , founder of Amuwogames, Seun Ayeni, executives of the Amuwo-Odofin Local government , organising committee and media partners.
Words from the Executive Chairman – Engr. Valentine Buraimoh were “I am solidly behind the AmuwoGames Initiative. My government will give all necessary support, and I want to urge the entire community to do the same”.
Media present were Festaconline, The nation newspaper, The news guru, Thisday, sports360nja and few others.
According to Mr Seun Ayeni, there would be cycling, draft, marathon, 100m , table tennis, snooker, volleyball, video games and so many other games totalling 16.
The overall objective is youth development, we understand that the youths have so much energy and if we do not generate the energy to sports it goes to the negative. we are using sports to enhance this, bringing sportsmanship spirit which would lead to communal unity. this we hope to achieve through amuwogames- Seun Ayeni
It can be recalled that the first edition was held in 2017.
Also the founder of Amuwo games – Seun Ayeni also made it known that there will be two additional games; draughts and cycling added to this 2019 edition, this is so that there can be something for every age group.