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THURSDAY DECEMBER 3 2009.
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Lagos lawmakers embrace walking to keep fit
In a bid to promote physical fitness, Lagos State lawmakers will on Dec. 8 walk 5km in the third edition of its walk for fitness exercise.
Mr Babatunde Ayeni, Committee Chairman, Youths, Sports and Social Development, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday that the walk would be part of this years Speaker’s Cup Competition.
Ayeni said the walk would start from the House of Assembly Complex through the State Secretariat to Agindingbi, through Tisco plaza and back to the Assembly.
He told NAN that all arrangements had been concluded to ensure that the legislators had a successful walk.
``Immediately after our retreat, we would start the Speaker’s Cup Competition on Dec. 7, which ends on December18 with the presentation of awards,’’ Ayeni said.
He said some corporate organisations, such as Ovaltine, 7Up bottling company and the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), would sponsor the walk.
The lawmakers are currently attending a five-day budget retreat, which began on Monday at Akodo in Lagos.
