By Ado Salisu, Kano
The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Professor Haruna Musa, fsi, is expected to declare the 2026 Inter-Faculty Games open on Saturday 24th, October.
The opening ceremony is to hold at Ahmad Adamu Mu’azu Stadium, New Campus by 3pm where all the participating faculties are expected to attend the University’s fiesta.
This year’s championship tagged: ‘One University, One Spirit, One champion’ will feature table tennis, handball, lawn tennis, chess, judo, basketball, hockey, taekwondo, athletics, squash and football.
In a telephone interview, the University’s Director of Sports former international and Raccah Rovers player, Professor Muhammad Rabiu popularly known as Chanhu commended the University management led by Professor Haruna Musa for their commitment and support to the development of sports in the University.
Rabiu, who was speaking from the University of Calabar, where he is attending the Nigerian University Games Association (@NUGA) meeting ahead of the upcoming games, charged the students to exhibit sportsmanship throughout the championships in order to actualise the set objectives.
While expressing appreciation to the various committees for their commitment and dedication, he urged them to sustain the tempo towards the success of the games commencing Saturday 24th to 31st, October at the old and new campuses.
