While games generally, and football matches are critical aspects of learning in schools, but how it is played is something that has to be regulated.
This is why a state government is saying no more football matches inside our schools, giving reason why it should be so.
“People come within the school premises and begin to play football, and by so doing, it causes damage to school facilities, including roofing and other infrastructure”, the Nasarawa State Government has stated as reason for banning playing of football matches and other games within school premises.
The state unvealed this major policy decision through Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba.
Occasion was a bi-monthly press briefing at the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) State Council Secretariat in Lafia on Monday, with Ahemba announcing that the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has officially abolished the practice.
“People come within the school premises and begin to play football, and by so doing, it causes damage to school facilities, including roofing and other infrastructure. That is what government has abolished.
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“The school football pitch is there for pupils to play their own football, not inside the school premises as witnessed in most cases.”
“People who come from outside the school to play are kindly required to go to the stadium and play their football there,” he said.
He has thus directed school heads to ensure strict compliance with the new directive to protect school infrastructure from further damage.
