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FCTA Harps On Regular Exercise
The Management of Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) says exercising the body regularly helps in reducing health challenges and increases human productivity.
The FCTA Permanent Secretary, Babatope Ajakaiye, represented by Amina Abubakar, Director, Human Resources, made the assertion on Saturday at the third inauguration of Steering Committee of the authority’s Jogging Exercise in Abuja.
According to him, a physically fit workforce hardly slumps and dies.
“Most times you hear that people fall and die in their offices or at airports, you hear of people slumping and dying all the time.
“It is because many people don’t exercise their bodies and take care of themselves medically, that is why FCTA has decided to be organising this monthly exercise for all its members of staff.
“The management is very much interested in the exercise because the aim is to encourage the entire staff to keep fit and know their health status by exercising,” he said.
Ajakaiye said the FCTA management had promised to sustain the exercise through the committee.
Similarly, Acting Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Mathew Ashikeni, said the significance of exercise to the workforce in the territory was enormous.
“For civil servants to be productive and be at their best, they have to be physically fit. It is not only the military or para-military that need exercise.
“Civil servants put in a lot of energy and time in their work, so, an exercise like this will put them in the right frame of mind at work.
“Jogging and other related exercises also help someone physically, psychologically and socially so that when you go to your office, you’ll put in your best without stress,” he said.
“Physical exercises help against diseases like hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, diabetics and obesity. They will be things of the past with regular exercise.
“Workers in FCT will be healthier and give the best of services to the people in the territory and Nigeria as a whole.
“As a medical doctor, I recommend this for everybody. In fact, there should be more of this type of exercise monthly so that we can be physically fit,” he said.
Also, Dilichukwu Onyedinma, Acting Director of Sports, FCTA, said the Minister, Muhammad Bello and the Permanent Secretary were passionate about a fit and strong workforce in the territory.
“The current FCTA management, headed by the minister felt that the workforce needs to be strong.
“It is for that reason that they are using sports to have a strong and healthy FCTA so that staff can deliver and be able to do what they are supposed to do effectively.
“With sick people, you can’t get a good result from any task given to them. We want to maintain productive workforce and that is what we are working towards,” she said.
Onyedinma added that participating in sports was not only for healthy living but could also help people economically.
“Sport does not stop at making one healthy. Exercise can help one to be economically empowered in terms of competition, it also helps in self-defence against physical attack.’
The director added that given the necessary support of the minister, the authority’s staff would start participating in annual Federation of Public Service Games (FEPSGA).
“Now, we are asking for that because the FCTA staff is now interested in taking part in FEPSGA. And as we have asked, may be the minister will grant us,” he said.
Tidesports source gathered new Chairman of the new Steering Committee of FCTA Jogging Exercise, is Dr Funsho Oba, supported by representatives of departments and agencies in the territory is Dr. Funsho Oba.
England captain Harry Kane netted a hat-trick to guide Bayern Munich to an impressive victory against Stuttgart.
Kane’s goals, plus one from Kingsley Coman, helped Bayern end a three-game winless run in all competitions.
They faced a tough task against a Stuttgart side who sat back and limited their chances, leading Vincent Kompany’s side to enter the break frustrated and with the deadlock unbroken.
Bayern eventually found a way past Stuttgart’s steely defence when Kane drilled a low effort into the bottom corner from around 30 yards out after Joshua Kimmich overturned possession.
Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, is full of thanks to God after he miraculously survived another life-threatening automobile accident recent at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV.
Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday.
“To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger bus stop to get fuel on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, around 6 p.m. when this MACK truck fully loaded with iron, with registration number LND 470 XX, left the road and crushed my car beyond repairs. Thank God for life,” he stated.
This is the second time the soft-spoken club proprietor will cheat death by a whisker, having been involved in an accident in 1997 that ended his career at 23 and left his spinal cord in bad shape.
He helped Julius Berger win the Nigeria FA Cup in November 1997 shortly a memorable Olympic outing by keeping a clean sheet in the finals against Katsina United. The following year, he was involved in the auto along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, which not only cut his career short but also left him almost paralysed, ending his spell at Serie A club Reggiana.
The former Nigeria international, who also kept goal for Julius Berger FC, said the case has been reported to Isheri Police Station, Ogun State, where the driver is currently detained and the truck also seized.
According to him, the owner of the truck said he can’t fix the badly damaged SUV until after a year.
Ex – Super Eagles of Nigeria, Okwuchukwu Waobikeze has observed that sports development in Nigeria is going down.
According to him, grassroots sports is very important, without it, the administrators cannot get it right. So everybody should key into grassroots sports development, he said.
Waobikeze said this last Wednesday in an interview with sports journalists shortly after the Port Harcourt All Stars Independence football festival (OCTOBERFEST) at the Port Harcourt club, Rivers State.
He explained that for sports administrators to get it right, grassroots development is key. “They should be organising competition at the grassroots level to fish out the young ones for different sporting activities.
“Grassroots sports is very important so the administrators have to go back to the grassroots.
” Sports Development in Nigeria is going down we need to go back to the basics.
“Look at the just concluded Paris Olympics, Nigeria did not win any medal.
” Our football team did not even qualify for the Olympics. We are going down.
” If they should go back to the grassroots, they will get young ones in the games and talents will be developed.
” I started from school games, to youth games before playing for the national team. Now everybody wants to fly board to play professional football and a lot do not know the basics of the game.
” A lot of people did not know the little things about the game, they just want to play. It is not done so,” Waobikeze stated.
Kiadum Edookor
