The Sports Minister made the announcement during a visit to
the Edo State Government House in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
He also announced that Edo State will be used for the
National Camp in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games taking place
later this year.
Dare said further that the Federal Government is determined
to go ahead with the Unity Games which is the sequel to participation at the
Tokyo Games.
However, he noted that due to logistics under the
circumstances occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of athletes has
been reduced from 14,000 to 8,000 athletes.
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki in response assured that
the state is ready to host the games.
He appealed to the Federal Government to make funds
available to enable the state to take good care of visiting athletes and
officials at the sports festival.
He explained that the series of postponements have taken its
toll on the state government and that the country is winning the war against
the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes the games safe enough to go ahead as
scheduled
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Festival had witnessed
series of postponement after the initial date of March 18th to April 1st, 2020
date was fixed.
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