{"id":162011,"date":"2025-05-11T14:31:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes"},"modified":"2025-05-11T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:34:03","slug":"national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes","title":{"rendered":"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged Osun athletes to represent the state with pride during the forthcoming National Sports Festival.<\/p>\n

Adeleke gave this charge at a reception to welcome the National Sports torch in Osogbo.<\/p>\n

The symbolic torch was received by Adeleke through his Deputy, Kola Adewusi, who also serves as the Commissioner for Sports.<\/p>\n

The reception event which took place at the Government House in Osogbo, saw representatives from the National Sports Commission in attendance to oversee the proceedings.<\/p>\n

Addressing attendees, Adeleke said, \u201cThis torch symbolises our shared identity and purpose. I urge all our athletes to give their best and demonstrate the unity and strength of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not only preparing our athletes to compete. We are also building the infrastructure and systems that can support sports excellence now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

He cited the ongoing remodelling of Osogbo Stadium as a key initiative, describing it as part of the administration\u2019s broader agenda for sports development in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur plans also include improved welfare for athletes and frameworks for hosting events of national and international scope,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

The Gateway Games is scheduled to take place from 15th to 29th May, 2025.<\/p>\n

The National Unity Torch heralds the 2025 National Sports Festival tagged Gateway Games.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged Osun athletes to represent the state with pride during the forthcoming National Sports Festival. Adeleke gave this charge at a reception to welcome the National Sports torch in Osogbo. The symbolic torch was received by Adeleke through his Deputy, Kola Adewusi, who also serves as the Commissioner […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":162010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[594,2683,254,516],"class_list":["post-162011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adeleke","tag-national-sports-festival","tag-nigeria","tag-osun"],"yoast_head":"\nNational Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged Osun athletes to represent the state with pride during the forthcoming National Spo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged Osun athletes to represent the state with pride during the forthcoming National Spo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-11T13:31:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-11T14:34:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"597\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-11T13:31:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-11T14:34:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adeleke\",\"National sports festival\",\"Nigeria\",\"Osun\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes\",\"name\":\"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-11T13:31:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-11T14:34:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged Osun athletes to represent the state with pride during the forthcoming National Spo ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":597,\"caption\":\"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes - Nigeria","description":"Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged Osun athletes to represent the state with pride during the forthcoming National Spo ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes","og_description":"Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged Osun athletes to represent the state with pride during the forthcoming National Spo ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-05-11T13:31:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-11T14:34:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":597,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes","datePublished":"2025-05-11T13:31:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-11T14:34:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes"},"wordCount":230,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg","keywords":["Adeleke","National sports festival","Nigeria","Osun"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes","name":"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-11T13:31:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-11T14:34:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Governor Ademola Adeleke has charged Osun athletes to represent the state with pride during the forthcoming National Spo ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746961464.394399.jpg","width":1080,"height":597,"caption":"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/national-sports-festival-represent-osun-with-pride-adeleke-charges-athletes#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"National Sports Festival: Represent Osun with pride \u2014 Adeleke charges athletes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}