By Wale Bakare, Unilorin

The Junior Chamber International (JCI), University of Ilorin Chapter has organized a sporting competition for all humanity serving organisations in the school. The one-day event was held recently at the faculty of Law pitch.
According to the JCI President, Okunade Lukman, the competition was put together to foster the spirit of unity and love among students’ organisations that engage in humanitarian services on and off campus.

He said “I want to encourage students to get themselves involved in extra-curricular activities by joining organisations that are willing to serve humanity all the times, because that is the best work to do in life.”
Organisations that participated in the competition include JCI, Rotaract Club, Leo Club, AISIEC, Red Cross and Achievers Club. They competed in different games that include football, chess, scrabble and ludo.

The competition started with a football match between JCI and AISIEC and ended 1-0 in favour of JCI.  At the end of the games, JCI emerged champion in the football event by defeating Red Cross in the final. AISIEC came first in scrabble, with JCI settling for the second position.

Rotaract Club clinched the gold medal in the ludo event, while AISIEC got the silver medal. AISIEC and JCI emerged first and runners-up respectively in chess. Medals were presented to the representatives of the winning organisations.

In his remark, President of the Rotaract Club, Unilorin Chapter, Taofeek Adeyefa thanked the organizer of the event and urged members of the public to always support and encouraged bodies that engage in humanitarian services.