Bayigamba urges Rwandans to embrace sports as culture

Rwanda National Olympic Committee president Robert Bayigamba has challenged Rwandans to take sports as culture as the world concludes celebrating the 2015 Olympic Week, which started on June 23 and ends today. In an exclusive interview with Sunday Sport, Bayigamba said that, “The Olympic week is organised under the concept of move, learn, friendship, respect, perform, and discover and we want Rwandans to ensure that they are doing sports.” “The first Olympic Day was launched on June 23, 1948 and this year we will be celebrating the 67th anniversary,” Bayigamba stated, urging all local sports to help young people get involved in doing sports and to understand its values. According to Bayigamba, after the Olympic Week, all federation will sign performance contracts and set targets of what will be achieved next year. “We want people to make sports as culture, we want to educate people to love sports, and it is not for only the youth, even old people,” he added. The former Minister for Sports, Youth and Culture added, “We want to teach people to respect and create friendships through sports, and always strike to try to be on a high level in whatever you do.”