NSC Launches Nationwide Monitoring for Sports Festival Qualifiers

In preparation for the 22nd National Sports Festival, the National Sports Commission (NSC) leadership will conduct supervisory and monitoring activities at various centers hosting the zonal team sports eliminations this week.

States will be jostling to secure spots at the different zonal centers that Include; Ibadan, Benin, Enugu , Kaduna, Plateau and Yobe state for various Team Sports at the 22nd National Sports Festival coming up in Ogun State.

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The Zonal elimination will mark another bold step in preparation towards a successful organization of the Festival billed for the month of May this year in the Gateway State.

NSC leadership, with Chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko and Director General Hon Bukola Olopade, will visit centers to ensure hitch-free zonal eliminations.

The NSC Chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko will be at the Kaduna Centre while the Director General Hon. Bukola Olopade will be at the Ibadan Centre, as their presence also emphasized the new commitment of the current leadership of the Sports Commission.

The Chairman of the NSC Mallam Shehu Dikko said the zonal elimination is as important as the Festival itself, therefore outlining the determination to have a very successful competition across the various centers.

“We are determined to do things differently with a touch of global best practices and this is why we are putting utmost seriousness to the zonal eliminations this time around.”

The Director General, Hon. Bukola Olopade in a similar vein said the Commission has provided all the needed logistics through the Department of Sports Festival and Grassroot Development, for all the zones to host a successful qualification.

“The Gateway Games in Ogun state will go down as one of the best organized Games in the festival history and for this to be achieved, we must have one of the best organized Zonal eliminations”

Team Sports that are featured in the Zonal elimination phase Included Football , Volleyball, Basketball, Hockey, Cricket, Beach Volleyball, Abula, and Handball.