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Nigeria: ''Sports enables pupils to be physically fit’’ (Sheik)

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By: Olivier AMEGNAGLO
25/03/10

The founder of Okota Lagos-based First Islamic English Education Foundation (FIEF) Academy, Sheik Mansur Williams claimed that Sports enables pupils to be physically fit during the 25th Annual Inter House Sports competition of the school held on the school's ground at Okota.

According to him education does not consist only of learning, but it includes the development of physical fitness to achieve physical and mental alertness.

Mrs Sheik Mansur called on the government in order to emphasize on the development of sports in school.

During the 25th tournament organized by the school, medals were competed in each discipline such as, high jump, long jump, 100 meter race, relay race, table tennis, basket ball, football, picking the balls and scrabble.