\nGov. Chukwuma Soludo of on Anambra has called on the people of the state to always find time to engage in physical exercises in the interest of their health.
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\nSoludo made the call after leading no fewer than 1,000 residents on a monthly walk organised by the Anambra State Sports Development Commission at the Awka Township Stadium on Saturday.
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\nThe theme of the monthly walk is: \u201cSolution Walk For Healthy Living\u201d.
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\nThe governor said apart from going to hospital to access medical care, routine exercise is a cheaper way of maintaining good health.
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\nHe said his administration is determined to evolve a healthy population while promising to lead the walk at least one Saturday in every month.
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\n\u201cWe shall make this a routine and I will be here to walk with you at least one Saturday every month.
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\n\u201cA healthy youth, healthy women, healthy adults and healthy senior citizens population makes healthy nation,\u201d he said.
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\nSoludo commended corps members who turned out in their numbers for keying into the exercise and urged them to imbibe the Anambra spirit of hard work and enterprise.
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\n\u201cDevelop a passion as a corps member, learn marketable skills and you will become a creator of value and employer of labour very soon.
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\n\u201cAbout 100 corps members are going through our \u201cone youth twoWwoWwww\u201c programme, I encourage you to continue because in Anambra, we build people on a sustainable basis,\u201d said.
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\nOn his part, Patrick-Estate Onyedum, Chairman of Anambra State Sports Development Commission, thanked Soludo for approving the programme and demonstrating his love for sports by identifying directly with the people.
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\nOnyedum promised to make subsequent editions bigger, better and rotational across the major cities in the state subject to the approval of the governor.
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\nHe thanked participants at the event for coming out en masse to walk with the governor while urging them to make it a habit on an individual basis.
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\n\u201cThe turn-out today was impressive, roughly 1,000 people, we hope to hit 10,000 soon as we progress because, with the approval of Mr Governor, it is now a monthly affair,\u201d he said.
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\nSource: News Agency of Nigeria
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