Nigeria: National Sports Festival Postponed Indefinitely

22 October 2020

The ongoing #EndSARS protest across the country may have forced the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports and host, Edo State government to postpone the much anticipated National Sports Festival planned for next month in Benin.

The national Olympics, which is in its 20th edition was initially scheduled to hold last March but the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic forced the event to be postponed indefinitely as the nation joined the rest of the world to battle the virus.

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