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The Contribution of Sports, Physical Education and Recreational Indices in Promoting Health and Peace Among the Youth in Nigeria Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal (LICEJ), Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2016 The Contribution of Sports, Physical Education and Recreational Indices in Promoting Health and Peace among the Youth in Nigeria Joseph Olayinka Awoyinfa, Oladipo Simeon Adebayo University of Lagos, Akoka-Lagos, Nigeria Abstract The study investigated the contribution of sports, shown that governments, institutions and religious physical education and recreational indices in bodies have not failed in using sports in their attempt to promoting health and peace in Nigeria. The study find lasting solutions to the problems which tend to was sought to determine whether participation in cause war, Such efforts can be seen in an attempts sports will address the issues of conflicts, disputes made by organizations like NASM, NAPHERSD, and war in Nigerian society. This is because of the SPAN, NUGA, WAGA to bring peace to the country current escalation of religion, ethnic and cultural Nigeria through organization and administration of sports conflicts which are having devastating and profound programmes [1]. However, despite the political and impact on the peace, co-existence and the unity of religious crisis in Nigeria since 1994- till date, sports Nigeria. The study focused was Lagos State. While has remained an exciting unifying force that still the study adopted the descriptive research design, keeps, the country together. The 2012 National the participants consisted of 200 sports Sports festival tagged Eko Sports festival attest to administrators, coaches, athletes and spectators this that, the influence of Sports, physical education randomly selected from 5 public sports centres and 5 and recreation values transcends Political, Tribal and private sports centres in Lagos State. The instrument Religious differences. Sports take place in an used for data collection was questionnaire while the atmosphere devoid of rancor nepotism and rivalry. data collected were analyzed using chi-square Perhaps, the question now is what will our society, statistics. Based on the findings of the study, it was and Educational institutions looks like? all over the concluded that active participation in sports with universe today without sports and Physical Education. human development through sports and education, There are many situations that globally promote war. creates a way of life based on the joy of effort, These are ideological, Political and Economic forces educational value of good example and respect for which pull countries, states, town even villages apart, but universal fundamental ethnical principles and sport, physical education and recreational values have peaceful rivalry. It was recommended among others, been identified as a unifying force that bring States, that: adequate sporting facilities and equipment Towns and Countries together irrespective of Language, should be provided in schools and public Tribe and Cultural differences [2]. recreational centres and should be made available, Currently, with the co-ordination and healthy accessible and affordable to all, government should development of Sports, through grassroots sports encourage sporting activities, sports seminars, development in Nigeria today, it has led to the sports conferences and sports workshops among all promotion and involvement of youth in active youths across the Nation and government should competition through sports and this make the youth to encourage competitive sports among the youth be more responsible and put their minds off violence. across the country in order to keep their mind off When one ponders what would happen have to violence. Nigeria without sports and recreational activities, what will really come to mind is a state of anarchy and 1. Introduction rancor. Imagine what the State of the Nation will be without Nigeria Premier Leagues, NUGA, WAUG In recent time across the globe, the world has and other National and international games, like the been experiencing conflicts, dispute, political unrest, just concluded AFCON (2015) held at Equatorial Guinea civil disobedience and war. The escalation of despite the fact that Nigeria couldn’t, qualified for the religious, ethnics and cultural conflicts is having a event, the focus of the entire youth of the nation was on profound impact on generations after generations. the event from start to finish, Coupled with regular inter- Collectively recreational sports and physical education has house sports competitions that occupies the youths and been discovered as a powerful catalyst for promoting Principal’s Cup Competitions. Furthermore, what will peace, Healthy living, freedom and cooperation among the television programme be without sports news, as sports consumers if properly managed and well as the state of any business without marketing maximized. All wars since the beginning of human through sports, sport advertisements and sport history have been in the essence of struggles among sponsorships which brings to light various brothers. Considering the history of man right from age organizations. How much tension will be recorded in of civilization to the modern era researches have our educational institutions without sports and recreations which arrest and usurp potential energies Copyright © 2016, Infonomics Society 2353 Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal (LICEJ), Volume 7, Issue 3, September 2016 in the youths? Sports programmes and related sports of meanings that have been given to ‘sport’ in the activities are regular discussion in most states of the research reviewed. The RFP prepared by the SDP country. Sports, physical activities and recreation IWG/Right To Play defines sport as: “all forms of reduce idleness and encourage the enjoyment and physical activity that contribute to physical fitness, entertainment on the part of spectators. Participants are mental well-being and social interaction, such as play, able to make more contacts, more friends and even more recreation, organized or competitive sport, and money. Sports help them have the tendency to broaden, indigenous sports and games. “Sport means all forms of spread, diversify and helps to assume a greater role in the physical activity which, through casual or organized general security system of any Nation if properly participation, aim at expressing or improving physical maximized mostly in Nigeria to reduce the tension and fitness and mental well-being, forming relationships or anxiety caused by the book Haram insurgency in the obtaining results in competitions at all levels [6]. North and youth militants in the Niger Delta region. However, over the years this practice has become 3. Contributions of Sports to Health extremely violent leading to senseless loss of lives, destruction of property, rape and killings of human The fundamental right to health articulated by the beings. Youths should engage themselves in recreational World Health Organization (WHO) remains integral to activities to curb substance abuse, cultism, killings, and development today. This right is strongly reflected in the any act of hooliganism [3]. Millennium Development Goals (MDGS), the guiding Globally, sport is considered as a creator of beauty international development frame work adopted by the and as an instrument of ethical values that brings about United Nations (UN) in 2000, and the human peace, unity and understanding among people of all development index used to measure the progress of all races, during sports participation which wholly the result nations against universal human development goals. of social invention and social heritage. Sports are highly (WHO’s) definition of health as it appeared in the significant in national development through leisure and preamble of its constitution in 1946. WHO defined health recreation as it enhance a high degree of productivity and as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well – healthful living [4], health as the quality of life which being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. enable man live most and serve best. Sports are one of The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of the greatest endeavors in human experience. It is a health is one of the fundamental rights of every human celebration of physical excellence which involves the being without distinction of race, religion, and political ability to sustain and maintain ones physical health in belief, economic or social condition” Healthy human such a situation that one would be able to walk, run, think development is a necessary foundation for all and move the parts of the body as may be demanded. It is development progress. Without healthy populations, the a medium through which competition, friendship, achievement of development objectives will be out of tolerance, unity, discipline, endurance and diplomacy are reach. Good health is fundamental to the ability of promoted. Sports as a social event is a civilizing and individuals to realize their full human potential. It is also socializing process of gathering men and women of good a crucially important economic asset. Low levels of will who came together to take part in athletics and health impede productively and economic growth, while sporting events for the purpose of physical, mental, social investment in better health outcomes is generally seen as and political development . Sport is a social agent which an investment in economic growth [6]. brings people of different ages and religious background Well-designed sport programs that educate, together as either
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