From Ado Salisu, Kano_
The Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Prof. Haruna Musa, is expected to declare the 2026 Inter-Faculty Games open on Saturday, October 24.
The opening ceremony will hold at the Ahmad Adamu Mu’azu Stadium, New Campus, by 3 p.m., with all participating faculties expected to attend the university fiesta.
This year’s championship, themed ‘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 Director of Sports and former Raccah Rovers player, Prof. Muhammad Rabiu, popularly known as Chanhu, commended the university management led by Prof. Musa for its commitment to sports development.
Rabiu, who spoke from the University of Calabar where he is attending the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) meeting ahead of the games, charged students to exhibit sportsmanship throughout the championship.
He also commended the various committees for their dedication and urged them to sustain the tempo for the success of the games, scheduled to hold from October 24 to 31 at the old and new campuses.
