Sports events should be organized in UP and upazilas with the aim of creating players at the grass root level: District Commissioner

 Sports reporter: 13 March

Chittagong District Administrator and District Sports Association (CJKS) President Abul Basar Mohammad Fakhruzzaman said that although football and cricket are very popular in our country, badminton, table tennis, volleyball and chess are not less popular. There is no substitute for sports in the physical and mental development of children and adolescents. For this purpose, the activities of making playgrounds in 191 unions of 15 upazilas of Chittagong are going on. When the fields become fully suitable for playing, we can create players from the grassroots and through them we can spread all kinds of games everywhere through upazilas and districts.

That is why every student in every school-college should participate in at least 2 sports after Ramadan.

He said these things in the president's speech at the exchange meeting organized with the presidents and general secretaries of all upazila sports organizations for the improvement and promotion of sports held in the conference room of Chittagong Circuit House on Tuesday morning, March 12.

He said in addition to inter-ward, inter-union, municipal and upazila based sports to produce quality and skilled players.

Sports should be organized in at least 4 if not 8 events annually at the inter-school-inter-college level. We will make a calendar in this regard. Bangabandhu Bangmata Sheikh Kamal Gold Cup football, cricket badminton, table tennis, volleyball and chess tournaments as well as divisional commissioner cup, deputy commissioner cup, mayor cup or sports in the name of meritorious persons of the area should be organized. Chairman of all Union Parishads should be associated with upazila sports organizations. The District Commissioner directed the upazila executive officers to keep a sports organization office and a room for art in each upazila.

The CJKS president said that if the fund increases, the standard of sports will increase. For this reason, the previous account should be closed at the upazila level and the upazila executive officer and the president and general secretary of the upazila sports organization should create a joint bank account.

Upazila sports organization fund can be increased with financial support from wealthy people of the area including ADP, TR, Kabikha and public representatives to improve the quality of sports. He urged the president of each upazila sports organization to send a proposal to the concerned department to make the councilor of the district sports organization.

In the meeting, CJKS general secretary and former city mayor AJM Nashir Uddin said that the importance of sports in building a healthy and strong nation is immense. Every parent should keep track of where our sons and daughters are going in the name of education, with whom they are mixing, in what environment they are mixing. To keep away from drugs and other vices, children should be made proficient in various sports besides studies.The more we can make the sports arena active and prosperous, the future generations will be deterred from immorality and misdeeds. If we start from zero we can do well.

He said, not only participating in tournaments, but regular sports. We will create opportunities for all the players who come up from the upazila level to play in CJKS. AJM Nashir announced the financial donation for the sports competition to be held at the upazila level.

Chittagong District Commissioner and District Sports Association (CJKS) President Abul Basar Mohammad Fakhruzzaman also spoke at the exchange meeting held by Additional District Magistrate Mamunur Rahman, Additional District Commissioner (Revenue) Md. Abdul Malek, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT) Sadi-ur Rahim Jadid and CJKS Joint Secretary Ahid Siraj Chowdhury Swapan along with every Upazila Executive Officer and CJKS President and General Secretary.