The Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) has chosen Enugu State as host of the twenty third version of Nationwide Sports activities Pageant. In response to the NSC, the Coal Metropolis state emerged tops from a aggressive bidding course of evaluated by the sports activities fee.
The Nationwide Sports activities Pageant, a biennial multi-sport occasion, brings collectively hundreds of athletes from Nigeria’s 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory to have a good time sportsmanship, nationwide unity and sporting excellence.
Earlier than Enugu State takes centrestage, the twenty second version of the competition is about to carry in January 2025 in Ogun State, with the Gateway State buzzing with pomp and pageantry, because the Video games draw nearer.
Former chairman of the Native Organising Committee of the Gateway Video games, Bukola Olapade, who’s now the NSC Director Basic, revealed that the Gateway Video games will host over 15,000 athletes, whereas reaffirming that the NSC’s dedication to supporting Ogun State in delivering a premium event .
Olapade, in assertion, yesterday, by his Particular Assistant on Media, Kola Daniel, mentioned that with Enugu’s choice for the twenty third version, the competition guarantees to uphold its legacy of excellence, inclusivity, and showcasing the perfect of Nigerian sports activities skills, whereas unearthing skills adequate to fly the nation’s flag internationally.
This may mark the primary time the Southeastern state might be staging the occasion since its inception in 1973. The twenty first version of the Video games was hosted by Asaba, Delta State, with over 11,000 athletes taking part within the grand event.
With Ogun State billed to host the following version of the video games in January subsequent 12 months, it additionally marks the primary time the host of the next Video games is thought earlier than the top of the present Pageant.
