Other Sports
NIGERIA NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SPORTS HOLDS EXTRA ORDINARY MEETING
The Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the National Council on Sports in
Nigeria begins March 11th – 15th at Edo Heritage Hotel, Benin City.
The Council meeting which holds on March 14 is the first since Edo state was
given the right to host the 2020 National Sports Festival. The meeting will
consider and adopt the report and recommendations of the Technical Session and
will be flagged off by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung.
Preceding the Council meeting will be the Technical Session to be chaired by
the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development Olusade
Adesola on Thursday March 13, 2019.
Top on the agenda is the review of the 19th National Sports Festival held in
Abuja including the status of Beach Volleyball, Zonal eliminations for team
sports, Sports for the next Festival, and medical guidelines.
Other issues to be discussed include the proposed date for the 20th National
Sports Festival and an inspection of facilities which will take place a day
before the Technical Session.
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, his Deputy Phillip Shuaibu, the
President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee Habu Gumel, State Commissioners of
Sports, Chairmen of States’ Sports Councils and State Directors of Sports are
expected to attend.
The National Council of Sports, the highest policy making body for sports in
Nigeria decides the rules and regulations as well as other logistics for the
National Sports Festival.