As the National Sports Festival (NSF) draws near, Edo State today begins a 30-day countdown to the biennial events and the State’s Deputy Governor
, Philip Shaibu, has said the event will be a launch pad to project new athletes for the global stage.
“With the completion of the Edo Sports Festival, that means, we now have new athletes added to the established ones. That also means that at the National Sports Festival, we will be seeing new athletes representing us. Since Edo was announced as the host state over two years ago, so much work has been put in place to make the event which starts on March 20 historic.
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