The Zaria Athletics Grand Prix kicked of on Monday with a lot of pump and pageantry .At the opening ceremony,the meet directors of the Zaria Athletics Grand Prix Mr Sunday Adeleye asked the technical officials at the two day event to put up a garment of Professionalism,he encouraged them to bring into play equity and fairness as they work.
In his words” I know some of you are part of the teams or athlete in these Grand Prix,for now, I will say you have no business with the athlete, you are required to bring in equity and fairness into your work”
He added that athlete have been training without competitions but these Grand Prix will give them the opportunity to test their fitness level.
The grand Prix, he said,is meant to prepare Nigeria athlete for the All African games, Olympics and other major event, ” we are partner in progress with the ministry of sport for the development of sport in Nigeria.
On the number of participating athlete and countries,he Over 700 hundred athlete were invited but only about 500 athlete came because of the cashless policy ,he added that Nigeria universities sent in their athlete and three countries
Mr Sunday Adeleye appreciated Hon Ibrahim gasau ,Hon Shehu Usman ABG and Ahmadu bello University for their support
He also encourage schools and parents to bring their wards to the two day event taking place at the Ahmadu bello University sport complex.
” We have invitation relay for secondary schools and we believe it will help encourage the up coming athlete”
The event in the Grand Prix are 100m, 200m,400m,800m,1500m,3000m,5000m shotput,tripple jump, 4x 100 and 4×400 all for men and women
First position get 100,000 naira, second get 75,000,while third place go home with 50,000 naira
