Steering Committee On West African Public Service Games Finalizes Relevant Documents for Games

25 May 2011
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Economic Community of West African States (Abuja)
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Abuja - Nigeria — The Steering Committee responsible for developing modalities and strategies towards the hosting of the pilot edition of the West African Public Service Games (WAPSGA) in Nigeria later in 2011 has finalized some basic documents necessary for the take-off of the novel sport in West Africa.

These documents, modeled after those of the Federation of Public Service Games of Nigeria from which inspiration for the inaugural edition was drawn, include the Draft Rules and Regulations, Schedule of Conditions for the Organization of WAPSGA, Terms of Reference for the Organizing Committees and Technical Specifications for the Games. Members of the Steering Committee which met in Abuja from 24th to 26th May 2011 will soon participate in a workshop designed to sensitize stakeholders on the objectives of the Games which will feature six ECOWAS Member States - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo in the pilot edition. Participants in the Games will help actualize the dream of Community citizen cohesion consistent with the ECOWAS Vision 2020 of ensuring greater citizen involvement in regional integration.

The Games seek to ensure a physically fit and mentally alert public service for the unity and development of the region, promote the values of unity and peaceful co-existence as well as provide an avenue for the sharing of professional and ethical standards within the public service in the region.

Among others, WAPSGA would further serve as a platform of sporting interface and friendship among public servants, function as a mini sporting festival for public servants in West Africa as well as serve as an avenue for the identification and development of talented sports men and women among public servants in Member States. an address at the opening of the three-day meeting on 24th May 2011, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Gender, Dr. Adrienne Diop, said that the promotion of sports among public servants was part of regional efforts to mobilize all sectors of the economy in West Africa to contribute to the desired integration of the region. She highlighted the benefits of sports to the public service and explained that steps have been taken to give the Games a character and identity of their own, within the context of the new people-centred Vision of ECOWAS.

The Commissioner who was represented by the ECOWAS Director in charge of Youth and Sports, Dr. Sintiki Ugbe, also observed that the public service sector was a strong catalyst for development, adding that workers needed to be strong and healthy as harbingers of development.

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