By Amaechi Agbo

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) plans to collaborate with Nigeria’s University Games Committee (NUGA) to promote the Olympic Values in Education programme (OVEP).

 The collaboration which would seek to propagate Olympic values of Excellence, Respect and Friendship will involve engagement in sporting competitions without discrimination and bitterness of any sort.

The event has been carefully planned to be held during the FASU Games being jointly hosted by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Lagos State University (LASU), to expose the officials to OVEP scheduled to run from September 27 to September 29, 2024. 

They are aimed at demonstrating the importance of Sports as a global phenomenon particularly over the last three decades.

 There has been increasing rivalry among participating athletes and nations, which if not effectively controlled could destroy the values of sports participation. 

 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in recognizing this emerging dangers, initiated OVEP programme to protect the sanctity of sports participation. 

 They have deepened this by effectively contributing to building a peaceful and better world by educating the youths around the world on how to practice sport without discrimination of any kind, in the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.