Three states, Kano, Bayelsa and Kaduna, are bidding for the internet hosting proper for the 2028 Nationwide Sports activities Competition.
The choice to name for bids for the 2028 Nationwide Sports activities Competition was taken at a rare assembly of the Nationwide Council on Sports activities held on Wednesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
After the twenty second version of the NSF to be hosted by Ogun State within the second week of Might, the twenty third version will maintain in Enugu in 2026.
Among the many three states bidding to host the twenty fourth version in 2028, solely Kaduna has hosted the Video games earlier than. After the primary two editions had been held in Lagos in 1973 and 1975, Kaduna hosted the third version, Kaduna ‘77’ in addition to in 2009.
Kaduna and Bauchi states are among the many 4 northern states which have hosted the Nationwide Sports activities Competition. The others are Kwara and Benue states.
The Guardian learnt, yesterday, that Kaduna is raring to host the Nationwide Sports activities Competition a 3rd time to equal the report of Edo State, which hosted the Video games in 1981 (beneath previous Bendel State), 2002 and 2020. Solely Lagos State has hosted the Video games 4 occasions, 1973, 1975, 1989 and 2012.
A supply on the Nationwide Council on Sports activities assembly hinted that Kano State may get the bid forward of Kaduna and Bayelsa states as a result of “many issues will come into consideration in choosing the winner for the host of 2028 Nationwide Sports activities Competition.”
The supply added: “First, Kano has the largest sports activities fan base within the nation and the state has not hosted the Nationwide Sports activities Competition earlier than. If Kano State authorities strikes quick and meets the necessities by June/July, the 2028 internet hosting proper might go to it.
“As for Bayelsa State, the consideration is that the Nationwide Sports activities Competition has been held in three South-South states, Edo, Rivers and Delta from 2011 to this point. But when Kano fails to seize the chance, the selection will likely be between Bayelsa and Kaduna.”
In the meantime, the host of this 12 months’s competition, Ogun State, has declared its readiness to host among the best Video games in historical past.
The Director Common of the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC), Bukola Olopade, who’s the chairman of the Essential Organising Committee (MOC) for the Video games, stated on Wednesday that every part wanted to provide Nigerian youths the most effective sporting occasion has been put in place by the federal government and other people of Ogun State.
Olopade stated in a communique issued on the finish of the Nationwide Council of Sports activities assembly that in the course of the video games, all occasions should be concluded by 7.00 p.m. in Abeokuta to permit all of the athletes and their officers to return to Babcock College, which hosts the Video games Village for the sports activities competition.
