BREAKING: Nigerian government postpones National sports festival
Nigerian Government has announced the postponement of the National Sports Festival, Edo 2020.
The Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare disclosed this in a series of posts on Tuesday on his Twitter page.Recall that the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire had assured that organisersIt appears now that government has rescinded its initial plan of screening everyone at the festival following a new directive by the president to shelve the event.
The post from the minister of sports read: “Following the briefing of Mr. President from myself and the Minister of State for Health on COVID 19, Mr. President approved the immediate postponement of Edo Sports festival to a future date “President Mohammadu Buhari approved the postponement of the National Sports Festival Edo 2020 as a precautionary move against COVID-19 spread.”
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