BY SUNDAY AKINTOYE
Secretary General of Lakowe Community in Ibeju-Lekki, Chief Jide Kamal Ojomu has appealed to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to provide a mini stadium at the community and its environs.
Ojomu who ably represented His Royal Majesty, Oba Akeem Olusegun Ojomu, The Oba Ojomu of Lakoweland disclosed this at the just concluded draw/seminar of Ibeju-Lekki Football League held at the Lakowe Community Townhall.
Ojomu told our correspondent that despite several communities under Ibeju-Lekki local council, there is no single sport centre in the axis and called on Governor Sanwo-Olu to assist the Lakowe community and its environs to build befitting sport center.
“We are in dire need of sport center in Ibeju-Lekki particularly Lakowe community where our youths would be fully engaged through sporting activities.If you look at Ibeju-Lekki as a council, no single sports center build here and It is not good for our youths.
“We are using this medium to appeal to our Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to look into this our plight in Lakowe and other communities such as Eputu, Abijo, Adeba, Kajola, Otunla, Bogije and Oribamiwa and others to give us sports center so that our youths would not travel far and near for football competitions,”he said.
In his own comment, Leader of Ibeju-Lekki Football Coaches Council, Victor Akinmoyo said one of the problems facing football teams in Ibeju-Lekki is lack of good sport facilities.
He also appealed to Governor Sanwo-Olu to build at least two sport centres in Ibeju-Lekki so that the grassroots football club owners would not go to distance to go and play football competitions.
“Our league is starting this weekend but we lack good football pitch.We can only manage some playground we have selected and If we have two mini stadium in some communities under Ibeju-Lekki, I think the league would attract more sponsorship and scouts within and outside the state,”he said.