Akintunde Akinola, the President of Nigerian Private Universities Games Association (NPUGA), on Wednesday in Abuja said their Games has the potential of producing future athletes for the nation.
Akinola said that most of the athletes participating in the Games have the potential to do better if better trained in their various sports.
He said student-athletes’ performance at this year’s edition of NPUGA, hosted by Turkish-Nile University in Abuja, showed that there were lots of potential among them.
“This year’s edition of NPUGA had 1,473 male and 620 female students from 22 private universities participating in 10 events.
“Even as the Games were organised to promote spirit of sportsmanship and exercise among students, some of them exhibited the potential of excelling globally in sports.
“I urge those in charge of sports in the country to show more interest in harnessing sports potential from national events like NPUGA,” Akinola said.
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