The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi (JP), has assured residents of the area interested in competing in the year 2020 Lagos City Marathon Race of the Council’s support.
Egunjobi gave the assurance while addressing newsmen at the secretariat at a press conference organised to create awareness for the event.
The Council boss was however, coy about the form of support the local government would give to participants from the area but went on to lavish praise on the race, saying, “We cannot take the event lightly because of its copious amounts of benefits to Lagos and Lagosians. While it is a sport tourism, the single fastest tourism sector of the tourism market with its attendant benefits, on the other hand, it would help the state in its quests to have a preponderance of healthy residents.”
The race is in two categories, namely 42kms for professional athletes, and 10kms for amateurs.
AgegePulse learnt that, the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, paid for the forms and distributed them to the twenty local government areas and thirty-seven LCDAs for onward distribution to interested persons free of charge. However, it has recorded low receipt.
Speaking on the reception, “Am not in any way impressed by the turnout in our local government despite plan to support interested participants. To say the least, the reception has been underwhelming.”
The marathon which is scheduled for Saturday, February 8, attracts lots of marathoners outside Nigeria with hundreds of thousands in prize money.
