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Need more open spaces for kids: Radwan Mujib
DHAKA, Nov 24, 2019 (BSS) – Trustee of Centre for Research and Information
(CRI) and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s grandson
Radwan Mujib Siddiq stressed more open spaces here for children to increase
their scope of games and keep them healthy.
In a Facebook post today, Radwan Mujib Siddiq,(also known as Bobby), drew
attention to the open space in the place of Gulshan where previously stood
the Wonderland amusement park and called for turning it into a dedicated
sports hub.
He added that even in its current unfinished state, the Wonderland site
and the Gulshan Youth Club (GYC) field are “brimming with young people, doing
sport, having fun, being active”.
Radwan also called for striking a balance between the number of walking
parks and all-weather sports pitches for children and youth.
“Why can’t the old wonderland site be a dedicated sports hub? Just build
some all-weather multi-purpose pitches and let the children play” reads the
post.
In another post today, he highlighted how according to the World Health
Organization (WHO), Bangladeshi children took position in the list of most
active kids physically in the world. But the same study also showed that 2
out of 3 children in the country do not take an hour of exercise per day.
Radwan, who regularly plays football himself and is known to be a sports
enthusiast, then asked parents not to force their children to study all the
time at the expense of physical activities and called for creating more open
spaces for children.
Over the last ten years, the Awami League Government has put special focus
on the development of sports in Bangladesh.
The project to develop a mini stadium in every Upazila (sub-district) is
ongoing following the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
To promote sports at the local level, the government is distributing
sports materials to educational and sports institutions alongside arranging
regular sports competitions up to school levels.
Financial grants for expansion of games and sports have also been
extended.
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