Yellow House wins Roemic Group of Schools’ inter house meet

<p>The Federal Government has been urged to invest more in school sports so as to discover more talents at the tender age for the country, as Yellow House emerged champions of the inter house sports competition of Roemic Group of Schools, Ibadan.</p>, <p>Speaking during the meet held recently at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan, Mr Olatunji Akinsesin, chairman of the event pointed out that there was the need for the government at all levels to promote sporting activities at the grassroots level.</p>, <p>Akinsesin noted that the catch-them-young programme is very important in identifying and developing talents to compete at the international level.</p>, <p>“Other countries invest in all sports, not only football and that is why they are making waves at international level. It is unfortunate that the government of the day only sees sportsmen and women after they are have developed and become world-class athletes.</p>, <p>ALSO READ: FG plans to discover talents in other sports -Dare</p>, <p>“There is what we used to call ‘catch-them-young’ and this initiative has been helping sports to develop. In those days, government’s personnel used to visit primary and secondary school’s sporting activities to discover talents that will be groomed and exposed to stardom but the reverse is the case today.</p>, <p>“People like Chief Segun Odegbami, Felix Owolabi, the late Alloysius Atuegbu and a host of other national team players then were mostly discovered while they were in school. Unfortunately today, a player must make name first before he will be invited to the national team.</p>, <p>“I urge the Federal Government to implement what we used to call ‘Principal’s Cup and Principals programmes in school those days to reactivate and encourage the younger ones because I believe we have abundance of talents in this country,” Akinsesin told Sportingtribune.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, proprietress of the school, Mrs Omotara Taiwo, also stressed the need for the authorities to also encourage sports competition amongst private schools in t