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20th National Sports Festival to hold from Dec.3

The National Council on Sports has recommended Dec. 3 to Dec. 18 for hosting of National Sports Festival tagged “Edo 2020” which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a communique issued at the end of its two-day meeting on Friday in Asaba, the Council, however, stressed that the Games would be held under strict COVID-19 protocols.

According to the communique signed by Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, and other members of the Council, this year’s  games will be held in two phases.

“Competition days Phase 1, comes up from Dec. 6 to Dec. 10; break and arrivals for second phase comes up on Dec, 11 and Competition days for Phase 2 from Dec. 12 to Dec. 16; closing ceremony for Dec. 17, and closure of Games Village on Dec. 18,” it said.

The Technical Session of the meeting had agreed on the new format for the Games in order to strictly keep with the COVID-19 protocols.

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“The virtual meeting held earlier this year unanimously agreed to host the Festival this year.

“The Committee of Experts set up during the virtual meeting made specific recommendations regarding the successful organisation of the 20th National Sports Festival.

“It has become imperative to tinker with the modus operandi of the Festival,” the communique read in part.

It, however, noted that the recommendations were subject to the guidelines of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and final approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, who is the Chairman of the Council, assured that all COVID-19 protocols would be fully implemented in line with international best practice.

He said that all infrastructure for the Games were COVID-19 compliant as confirmed by the National Assembly inspection visit to the state.

Earlier, Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, who was also present at the meeting, emphasised the state’s readiness to conduct COVID-19 testing for all athlete and officials who would attend the competition.

“It is indeed heart warming that the long awaited NSF is holding this year 2020 as jointly approved by the National Council on Sports, today in Asaba,” he said.

The festival was postponed few days to kick off in March as a precautionary measure against the spread of the virus.

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