23 States Arrive Ogun For National Sports Festival

Saturday May l7, 2025 |

No fewer than 23 states have arrived in Ogun State for the National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged ‘Gateway Games’ 2024.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the biennial festival is to officially commence on Sunday.

The Director General, National Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade, made the disclosure in an interview with NAN on Saturday in Abeokuta.

Olopade told NAN that there were visible signs that state would host the best festival in the history of the country.

“Twenty-three states are already in the camp; their feeding and welfare are top-notch and seamless.

“I just spoke with leaders of four states who are already praising the state.

“Globally, if you have an event of this nature, the first thing is accommodation and feeding,” he said.

NAN observed that finishing touches were ongoing at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta, venue of the opening ceremony.

NAN also observed that different cultural troops were at the main bowl of the stadium rehearsing performances for the ceremony.

Some sports fans and analysts who spoke to NAN expressed confidence that the festival would surpass the successes recorded in the last edition in Delta State.

Mr Abiodun Alabi, Abeokuta-based sports journalist, told NAN that he believed that the sports festival would be better than the previous edition.