The 19th National Sports Festival has been officially withdrawn from Cross River state.
The decision was taken at the National Council on Sports meeting which ended on Thursday at the General Hassan Katsina House, Kaduna.
A voting process was thrown open on the floor of the meeting by the Chairman of the meeting and Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung, with state Commissioners of sports, Directors of sports, Chairmen of state sports councils, sports policy facilitators and other representatives in the sports sector.
Having postponed the 19th National Sports Festival for 6 years, the Council resolved that the continued delay of the hosting of the Festival was detrimental to the growth of Sports in Nigeria and therefore withdrew the hosting rights from Cross River State while the Federal government will hold the 2018 edition in Abuja in…
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