Niger Delta Sports Festival build up thrills NDDC

The Chairman of the Niger Delta Sports Festival’s (NDSF) Main Organising Committee (MOC), Alabo Boma Iyaye, has expressed satisfaction at the impressive buildup to the event scheduled for April 1 to 8 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

Iyaye, who is the Executive Director Finance and Administration at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), spoke against the backdrop of a spike in the online registration numbers, and the unveiling of the festival mascot and ambassadors in Owerri today.

Dunamis Icon, project consultants to the NDDC on the festival, released an updated figures in the registration, indicating that over 15,000 entries have hit the portal, which closes at midnight today.

“I am personally happy and excited at the enthusiasm our youths have shown in embracing the very first festival being organised in the region,” the former Rivers State Commissioner for Sports said.

He also commended the Organising Committee for creating talking points that have built huge awareness for the festival.

“The festival has only been made public not quite three weeks ago, but look at the numbers that has applied through the portal.

“I want to commend those charged with the organisation of the festival for a good job so far and it has gained traction through such innovations as the logo competition, the naming of festival ambassadors and the planned unveiling. These are all add-ons that has made the festival a topic in online and physical communities,” Iyaye also noted.

In the latest figures released by the technical committee, Abia State tops the registration chart with over 2,000.

It is trailed by Bayelsa with 1,410, Cross River with 1,332, Ondo has 1,278 and Delta with 1,191. Rivers State has the least figure of 951.

Further data from the