Civil/Public Servants in Ogun State have been urged to take advantage of sporting activities to keep fit, boost the brain, and ease tension.

Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi gave the advice at the Arcade Ground, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, while flagging off the Indoor Games, comprising of table tennis, scrabble, Ayo Olopon and Draft board game, as part of activities to commemorate the 2024 Public Service Week celebration.

Mr. Talabi, who said sports are a way of life and a good tool to relieve stress, added that workers should be involved in an array of games, encouraging those with talents and skills to use them to benefit themselves and the state.

"I am particularly happy to be here on a day dedicated to sports. This is because sports, that is, keeping fit, cannot be taken for granted in anybody's life. I'm equally glad that our Head of Service is actively promoting sports and all its engagement. More so, it makes the body and soul beautiful. I enjoin all our workers to actively participate, and not just make it a ceremony but make it a way of life", the SSG said.

Mr. Talabi appreciated the past and present Heads of Service for transforming the state workforce, making it vibrant, focused and productive, charging workers to always discharge their duties efficiently while calling on parents among them to encourage their children to be their best in all they do.

Speaking, Head of Service, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya, said sporting activities organised in commemorating the Public Service Week were meant to bring unity and bond among workers.

"This is physical wellness at work. It is a step in the right direction as sports is a vital tool that unites and bonds. This is bonding at work. Civil Servants are bonding together. No hierarchy. It is a leveller, and the message we want to draw home to Civil Servants is that all work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Sports is an instrument of unity, an avenue to create better understanding and bonding", the HoS said.

Highlight of the event were playing of indoor games between the SSG and HoS, as well as the workers, together with Commissioners for Industry, Trade and Investment and Sports Development, Mr. Adebola Sofela and Mr. Wasiu Isiaka respectively.