The Nigeria Private University Games Association
(NPUGA) has commenced its fifth editions of the games
and it will last till December 22, at the Joseph Ayo
Babalola University (JABU), Ikeji Arakeji, in Osun
State.
Universities numbering over 20 from all parts of
the country are coming for the games with about
two thousand athletes. 10 events that with
competed in include tennis, basketball, table -
tennis, football, volleyball, chess, scrabble,
athletics, swimming, badminton and handball.
Some of the universities that are regular for the
games since its
debut edition in 2005 at Igbinedion University,
Okada are Benson Idahosa University, Benin City;
Lead City University, Ibadan; Bowen University,
Iwo; Babcock University, Ilishan Remo and Bells
University of Technology, Otta. Others are
Achievers University, Owo; JABU; Crescent
University, Abeokuta; Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin,
Western Delta University, Oghara; Wesley
University, Ondo among others.
The acting President of the Association,
Akintunde Akinola said that this edition will be of
great success as he has confidence in the host’s
ability to do well deserving sporting games.
It would be recalled that since the NPUGA games
started at Igbinedion University in 2005, it was
Benin-based Benson Idahosa University that has
won all the four editions of the games.
