Sports
World Athletics Installs Air Quality Sensor at NIS
Joel Ajayi
As part of efforts by the World Athletics Governing body to address air pollution in urban areas and improve physical activity, an Air quality Sensor has been installed at the National Institute for sports, Lagos.
The Installation was supervised by the Project Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Otonye Iworima.
According to her ” Running for clean Air is a project brought to Lagos by World Athletics and funded by the Clean Air Fund, a global body committed to tackling Air pollution.
The project objective is to adress Air pollution in urban areas and advocate for physical activity.
“We will measure hyper- local air quality and share the data in large awareness campaign, using Acess Bank Lagos Marathon as the key platform to leverage existing running communities, spark positive transformations within cities and increase awareness of air quality issues. The project is now in its preparation phase with an official start planned for August 2024.”
She said ” The Sensor was temporarily installed at the Eko Atlantic city for the Lagos City Marathon, but was moved to the NIS due to its urban clean training area where the air quality can be monitored for the project.This is an area where a community of physically active people people train and is accessible to all.”
Speaking after the Installation, the Institute’s Registrar Mr Belmond Benson who represented the Director-General Professor Olawale Moronkola said he was excited as this gesture symbolized the beginning of a long lasting relationship which will bring immense benefits to sports.
“As a research and training Institute, this move is a welcome development. We look to forward to building a lasting relationship with World Athletics.We hope to use this as a stepping stone to explore other areas of collaboration.”
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Agada Shines with Brace as Orijent Beat Karlovac 2-0
Nigerian forward Charles Adah Agada scored twice as HNK Orijent secured a 2-0 away victory over Karlovac 1919 in the Croatian SuperSport Prva NL on Saturday.
Orijent produced an impressive performance at the Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Stadium in Karlovac to claim all three points in the league encounter.
Agada, a former Mavlon FC of Lagos attacker, was the standout performer, finding the net twice to help the visitors overcome their hosts and strengthen their position in the league campaign.
Orijent went into the half-time break with a 1-0 advantage before extending their lead in the second half.
The Nigerian striker completed his brace with the goal that made it 2-0 in the 57th minute.
Karlovac were unable to find a response as Orijent held on to their advantage to secure victory away from home.
The result represents an important boost for Orijent, who will look to build on the performance in their subsequent league fixtures.
For Agada, the brace underlines his value to the team as Orijent continue their campaign in Croatia’s second-tier football competition.
He has built an important role on loan at the club and has successfully established himself as a regular fixture in their lineup, appearing in all 8 league matches so far this season.
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