We will host Best ever sports festival, Delta pledges

[FILE] Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba

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After months of preparations, the 21st National Sports Festival tagged Delta 2022 will finally begin on November 30, with the State government insisting on delivering the best-ever games in the history of Nigeria sports.

With two brand new indoor sports halls, a new swimming pool, a new tartan track, new shooting range all within the Stephen Keshi stadium as well as a new hockey pitch at Okpanam and new hostel facilities at the NYSC camp at Issele-Uku, Secretary of Local Organising Committee (LOC), Chris Anazia declared yesterday that Delta would leave a legacy that will be difficult to surpass in the nearest future.   “Whenever Delta agrees to do anything, we always go for the best,” Anazia said. “We are not just going to host a sports festival, but the best ever in the history of the games. I am sure by the time the festival ends on December 10, all Nigerian athletes and officials will praise the government and people of Delta State for a job well done.”

Apart from the hostel facilities being put in place at Issele-Uku, Governor Okowa is also building hostels in some schools in Asaba to serve as accommodation for the athletes. According to Anazia, the arrival date for the state-contingent is November 28 and 29, while the opening ceremony will hold on November 30.

Also, adviser to the LOC, Solomon Ogba, has revealed that the Festival Torch of Unity, which has been moving around the country will arrive in the state on November 28, and will travel around all local government headquarters for chairmen and council officials to have a feel. Ogba, a former Sports Commissioner, ex-President of the