Hassan AbdulSalam
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta has won a bronze medal at the 20th Nigerian Polytechnic Games(NIPOGA) where the Federal Polytechnic,Ado-Ekiti emeged the overall winner with a total of 21 Gold,18 Silver and 31 bronze medal.
The bronze medal was won by Opeyemi Odeyemi a student of Mass Communication from lawn Tennis game.
Lagos State Polytechnic team Ikorodu,came second with 19 Gold, 24 Silver and 27 Bronze medals in the one-week-long event which was hosted by the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.
The Polytechnic, Ibadan came third position with 14 Gold,14 Silver and 14 Bronze medals while Yaba College of Technology came fourth with 13 Gold,11 Silver and 15 Bronze medals.
Over 45 institutions attended the 20th NIPOGA in Ilorin in over 20 games.
MAPOLY team competed in three games which include; Lawn Tennis, Chess, and athletics.
MAPOLY Contingent was led by the Student Union Sports Director,Orenuga David (Oresco) and eight other athletics to represent the school in Ilorin.
The host institution,Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, occupied the fifth position with 7 Gold, 9 Silver and 10 Bronze medals.
Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia got 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in the sixth position while Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi Uku, occupied the seventh position with 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 6 Bronze medals.
Plateau Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi, won 4 Gold, 8 Silver, and 7 Bronze medals to place eighth on the medals table with Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic in the ninth position, having won 4 Gold, 6 Silver, and 9 Bronze medals while Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, had 4 Gold, 6 Silver 5 Bronze medals in the 10th place.
