Sports is the fastest growing economy – VC KHAIRUN
The vice chancellor of Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu University, Professor Abdulrashid Garba has described sports as the fastest growing industry in the global economic circuit.
The University don said sports is now a lucrative business , stressing that it could go hand in hand with education.
According to him, sports has taken a strategic place in the socio economic development at the global stage
Professor Abdulrashid Garba dropped the hints while launching the newly constructed basketball and tennis courts at a ceremenong held at KHAIRUN university campus in Kano.
He disclosed that the university authority has keen interest in sports, culminating in its motivating of its students to develop their skills through the provision of top class sports facilities to encourage their indulgence in various sporting events to propel them for future national and international engagements.
The vice chancellor explained that education and sports if combined could catapult the students to ascend to higher heights on the global stage, while urging the students to redouble their effort with a view to achieve their set out objectives in life.
He commended the proprietor of the ivory tower for the commitment and support towards the development of education, he then charged the students to utilize the facilities in order to actualize their set target.
Professor Abdulrashid Garba who was renown for his prowess as a former basketball star highlighted the significance of education and sports saying it is unique.
Speaking, the guest speaker at the occasion, Professor Musa Garba Yakasai said sports is the sole factor uniting various ethnic groups in Nigeria , adding that it is a tool used in projecting the positive image of nations that have invested massively in the sector.
In their separate remarks, the former Vice chancellor of Northwest University, Professor Mustapha Isa and KHAIRUN’S registrar, Yusuf Datti urged the students to utilize the facilities for their benefits.
Delivering the vote of thanks, the director of sports of the university, Aishatu Dauda pledged to work tirelessly towards the promotion and development of sports in the state.
Highlights of the event include the launching of the courts by Professor B.A. Haruna of the faculty of law, Bayero University Kano BUK, novelty match between selected students of the university.
