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The Minister for youth and sports development, Hon. Sunday Dare had stated that the National Council for sports (NCS), will meet to do a review on the resumption of the National Sports festivals after the country might have observed the compulsory two weeks lockdown.
Speaking in Abuja, the Minister told brila.net that the NCS is the highest body saddled with the responsibilities of sports in the country and hopefully after the break they will sit to review the postponement and brief the stakeholders on how and what to do on the sports festival.
“The NCS is the highest decision sports making body in the country, so, we hope that after the two weeks break or sometimes before the end of April, the national council of sports will meet.
“They will be briefed by the stakeholders about the trend whether we have reached the tables or whether it is declining,’ He added.
“We would also look at what is available in terms of health facilities, surveillance and everything that needs to be put in place for the Sports festivals.