Boucle du Mouhoun/Balé: a popular cross for peace and social cohesion

Boromo, The administrative authorities and populations of several socio-professional sectors of the Balé province participated on Saturday October 14 in Boromo in a periodic popular cross of the provincial sports and leisure directorate, noted an AIB journalist.

The quarterly popular cross for peace and social cohesion brought together for the third time during the year in the arteries of the city of Boromo, the administrative authorities and the populations of the locality on Saturday October 14 very early in the morning.

Leaving the provincial stadium at 6:22 a.m., the marathon runners completed a closed circuit of more than three kilometers through the city’s main arteries. The pace of the race was not high to allow less endurance participants to breathe throughout the course.

After the cross, the participants had an aerobics session to further relax. The different stages of the activity were supervised by agents from the provincial sports directorate, the aerobics club and the national police.

The
high commissioner of the Balé province Ibrahim Boly welcomed the mobilization and periodic holding of the activity.

For him, this popular cross-country allows organized bodies to rub shoulders and above all to give time to practice sport to the numerous agents of the public and private administration.

According to the first official of the province, ‘the idea is also to play sport, a factor in promoting peace and cohesion between the different services and local populations to live together’.

Since the beginning of the year, popular cross country has become one of the important activities in the program of the Balé provincial sports and leisure department.

According to its director Nourdine Kambou, the initiative comes from the high commissioner of the province. His presence at each outing testifies to the importance he attaches to the activity.

Also Mr. Kambou has arranged to meet the participants next December for the last popular cross of the year 2023.

Source: Burkina Information Agency