2014 NSF: C’River Not Desperate To Win – Imoke

Governor Liyel Imoke of
Cross River has said that the state would not be hosting the 2014 National Sports Festival (NSF) with plans to win the event at all cost.
Imoke said this in Calabar when he officially unveiled the logo for the 19th NSF tagged “Centenary Games, Calabar 2014’’.
The festival will hold in Calabar from November 27 to December 7.
“We are not hosting to win, but we are hosting to give you the best games ever,’’ the governor said.
He said there was the need for transparency during the games.
Imoke said the state, in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC), the owners of the event, was ready to upgrade the games to meet international standards.
In his speech,  the Chairman of the festival’s Local Organising Committee (LOC), Mr Efiok Cobham, said the festival was coming home as Calabar was the first capital of Nigeria.
He said the state’s promise of organising the best festival ever in Nigeria was not a fluke, adding that the state was well prepared for the event.
Cobham, who is also Deputy Governor of Cross River, further said the unveiling of the logo, mascot, website and festival songs was a testimony that the state was on course.
Former 100 metres champion, Mercy Nku, unveiled the mascot for the games, nicknamed Bamaba, representing the name of one of the surviving gorillas in the state’s Boki local government area.