Eko 2012: Final Inspection Holds November 1

The final inspection of facilities and venues for the 18th National Sports Festival (NSF), scheduled for Lagos is to hold on November 1, 2012.

The Secretary of the festival’s Main Organising Committee (MOC), Alhaji Abba Yola, told newsmen on Sunday in Abuja that the inspection would precede a technical meeting.

“The 27 national sports federations’ secretaries, 28 technical directors and I as the MOC Secretary, will be inspecting the facilities and venues Lagos State is offering for the festival.

“This will be the final inspection ahead of the festival and it will enable the federation secretaries and their technical directors to assess the readiness of the facilities.

“It will also enable them to certify them as being ready or not ready for the festival,’’ he said.

The festival, slated for November 27 to December 9 will hold in Lagos at the Teslim Balogun Stadium and other venues.

Yola said the inspection would be followed by a technical meeting where all the final details about the festival would be finalised.

“We will arrive in Lagos on October 31 and do the inspection on November 1, and have the technical meeting on November 2 departing on November 3,’’ he said.