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  • Updated: April 08, 2021

Edo 2020 Sports Festival: Nigerian Authorities Address Cancellation Concerns

Edo 2020 Sports Festival: Nigerian Authorities Address Cance

The Ministry of Youth and Sports says the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) will go on, despite threats by the Local Organizing Commitee (LOC).

The LOC had on Wednesday said it will discontinue the country's mini-Olympics due to paucity of funds, and lack of financial commitment from the Federal Government.

But in a statement on Thursday morning by Ramon Balogun, the Assistant Director Press, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, the National Sports Festival in Benin, which started on April 2, continues.

The Nigerian authorities maintained that they are determined to deliver a successful National Sports Festival.

Read the Ministry's full statement below:

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has clarified that the 20th National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, is going on as planned with competitions going on as scheduled.

The Ministry and the Main Organizing Committee (MOC) for the festival are unaware of any plans or threat by the Edo State Government to shut down the sports festival as there has been no official meeting or communication that relayed such information.

The Honorable Minister, Permanent Secretary and Directors are on ground in Benin City where the Festival is holding, and it is expected that the Edo State Government would formally invite the Ministry for a meeting should any urgency exist around the National Sports Festival or communicate officially with the Main Organizing Committee (MOC) for the festival.

The Ministry has no such communication.

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For the records, the Edo State government due to the cost implications of postponements occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic requested financial assistance from the Federal government through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.

The Ministry has since been at work to secure the financial assistance which it believes is being processed.

The MYSD and EDSG are determined to deliver a successful National Sports Festival.

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