Edo State has dispelled the rumours that the hosting right for the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged ‘Edo 2020’, has been taken away from the state.

Musa Ebomhiana, the Project Manager, Media and Communication Sub-Committee for the games, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Benin City.

He stressed that not only would the state play host to the rest of the country from April 4 to April 14 but that the scheduled date remained sacrosanct.

NAN also reports that recently a letter signed by Peter Nelson, the Secretary of the Main Organising Committee for the Sports Festival, titled: “SCHEDULED DATE FOR THE 20TH NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL” was sent to every association.

It read in part: “Arising from the above, I am directed to inform you that the 20th NSF is now scheduled for April 2-15, 2021.

It would be recalled that the festival had suffered several postponements in the past owing to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. (NAN)


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