The Lagos State Head of Service, Olabowale Ademola, has identified regular exercise as one of the ways of combating health related issues.
Ademola disclosed this over the weekend while flagging off the Walk For Fitness exercise undertaken by Public Servants in the State as part of activities marking the Year 2016 Public Service Week Celebration.
The Head of Service said the State Government appreciates the relevance and importance of exercise in maintaining a healthy heart and good body composition, hence the inclusion of Walk For Fitness in the activities commemorating this year Public Service Week Celebration.
The Walk For Fitness exercise saw Public Servants in Lagos State walking from the Ikeja Local Government Secretariat through Allen Rroundabout to the State Secretariat before terminating at the House of Assembly Complex in Alausa.
Speaking on the importance of regular exercise, Aloye Momoh, who gave the Health Talk, enumerated the benefits of regular exercise as a preventive measure to tackle health related issues.
Momoh challenged Public Servants to always engage in aerobic fitness exercise and they should not see it as a yearly activity.
He said: “We need to exercise regularly within the reasonable limit as advised by a health practitioner, at least 30 minutes daily.
“There is also the need for people to undertake a medical check-up as this would assist in knowing their state of health and fitness.
Public Servants in the State, led by Ademola, Permanent Secretaries and other top government functionaries participated in the walk.
Trending
- Why you should dissolve your cabinet now, Senator tells Tinubu
- Conference to advance Africa’s development through philanthropy
- New pro-Fubara Speaker emerges in Rivers Assembly
- Insecurity in Nigeria: Why hosting foreign military bases is not the answer, by Sani Kukasheka Usman
- Access Holdings vests 23.8m units of shares on senior executives
- Segun Olatunji resigns as First News apologises to Gbajabiamila
- YPP urges FG to reconsider Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project
- Family accuses soldiers of killing 12 members, seizing 700 cows, others