By Dele Ogbodo
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, on Wednesday said the National Sports Festival tagged Edo 2020 will now hold from February 14th to 28, 2021.
The Minister who is the Chairman, National Council on sports made the disclosure
at an extraordinary council virtual meeting which was held today (15), unanimously agreed to host the NSF 2020 from 14-28, February 2021.
Justifying the reasons behind the postponement from the initial date of 3rd-18th December 2020; the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Gabriel Aduda, in a statement issued on behalf of the Minister explained to members of Council the need for better precautionary measures against COVID-19.
He said bearing in mind the expected influx of holidaymakers during the festive period, as agreed between the Ministry, the Presidential Task Force on COVID19 and the Host State.
Recall that the National Sports Festival tagged ‘EDO 2020’ was originally slated to hold early this year ( precisely March) but for the outbreak of the COVID-19 which necessitated the Postponement and suspension of all sporting activities to guard against the spread of the coronavirus nationwide.