By Jacob Ajom
The Organising Committee of the 2025 Federal Education Sector Games (FEDUGAM) scheduled for Lafia August from 3 to 9, 2025 has warned participating team against the use of mercenaries.
Chairman of the Committee, Chief Oyeyinka Matt from Federation of Public Service Games Organizing Comittee who is a consultant to the organising committee said stiff penalty awaits teams that will be caught using non-staff to compete for them.
“We have zero tolerance for mercenaries. This event is for friendship, connectivity and camaraderie among the agencies in the education sector.
Fifteen agencies will be participating in the games but only six registered for the football event. The six agencies competing for the football medals are the Federal Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission, National Commission for Colleges of Education, TETFUND, National Library and the National Teachers Institute.
Addressing the sporting media during the football draw ceremony at the Ministry of Education headquarters in Abuja on Friday, Chief Matt said that of the six teams two were seeded; the Ministry of Education and TETFUND.
“They are two strong teams that should not be together in the same group,” he said.
According to the draw, Group A consists of TETFUND, NCCE and National Teachers Institute while Group B has Ministry of Education, NUC and National Library.
Other sports to feature in the week-long fiesta include Tennis, Table Tennis, Basketball, Athletics, Chess, Volleyball, Ayo, among others.
According Chief Okeyinka, arrival date is 3rd August while the opening ceremony has been fixed for August 5 at the Lafia City Stadium, while the closing ceremony holds August 9. Teams are expected to depart August 10.
