The Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the 2024 National Sports Festival has declared that Ogun State is ready to host the festival.
Recall that the 22nd edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) was earlier fixed for November in Ogun State before it was postponed to January 2025.
However, in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Sports Development, Mrs. Tinuke Watti, after inspecting some of the facilities that will host the event, stated that they are impressed with the progress so far.
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She also highlighted that they are looking forward to having the best National Sports Festival ever, as promised by the governor, Dapo Abiodun himself.
“We have gone around the facilities, we are actually here to inspect the facilities to know the readiness of Ogun State to host the all-important National Sports Festival, we’ve gone around the locations, and from what we have seen, we can see that the state is ready because a lot of the facilities have been renovated and new ones are actually onboard, and they have given us the assurance that they are going to complete all the work before the festival.
“We want to say thank you to the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun for making this all-important effort because it is a lot and it’s huge, he has shown great commitment and we are very grateful to him, and we are looking forward to having the best National Sports Festival ever as promised by the governor himself.”
Facilities inspected were Babcock University, Remo Stars sports complex in Ikenne, which is projected to host football and Basketball events, the Gateway International Stadium, Sagamu which will host Rugby, the Golf Course at the Abeokuta Golf Club, Abeokuta Sports Club, MKO Abiola stadium which will host the opening and closing ceremony, as well as swimming and athletics events, and the Alake Sports Centre in Ijeja for table tennis event.
