National Sports Festival postponed till 2021

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Johnny EdwardThe 20th National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, has been postponed till next year, The PUNCH has learnt.It's the second time the event is being postponed by the Ministry of Sport...

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has learnt.Our correspondent gathered that the postponement was because the ministry did not get approval from the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to hold the multi-sports competition.

The National Sports Festival, was initially scheduled to hold in March in Benin, Edo State but was postponed till December due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which also affected social and economic activities. Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, John Joshua-Akanji, confirmed the postponment of the NSF to our correspondent.The PUNCH.

Delta State are the defending champions of the National Sports Festival following their spectacular show at the last edition held in Abuja.

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This country die sha.. during coronations of emirs, during election campaigns, covid-19 was missing ooo.. now that it has come to sports festival, PTF on covid-19 wants to frustrate Edo state govt and athletes🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♂️

Na UNIBEN me d look sha. M'una no keep us for house again next year oh! New yam Festival ko 😏

NSF is illegal

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