Niger Delta Games: Benin ready for today’s big draw
All athletes, officials and other functionaries of the 2nd Niger Delta Games are expected in Benin, Edo State today even as the organisers announced that the draws will hold at the
All athletes, officials and other functionaries of the 2nd Niger Delta Games are expected in Benin, Edo State today even as the organisers announced that the draws will hold at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Media Centre.
Fred Edoreh, the Project Director said as much that the official arrival date of state contingents and competition officials, is today.
"We have everything in place to receive athletes and their coaches at the Benson Idahosa University (BIU) where hostels have been made ready for them,” Edoreh said. “We are satisfied with the facilities in the hostels which will offer the young athletes a good experience and perhaps stimulate them to good performances," Edoreh stated.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Technical Committee for the Niger Delta Games, Enefiok Udo-Obong, has informed that today’s draws will essentially be for the ball games.
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"There is no seeding, all states are rated equal and the procedure for draws of individual events will be determined during a technical meeting (held last night at the VIP box of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium),” explained Enefiok, Olympic gold medallist and the Technical Adviser to the Royal Saudi Arabia Athletics
The technical meeting was attended by all the technical heads of each of the 16 sports events listed for the games.
The nine states participating states will be pooled to determine the fixtures which will schedule the four games for each games day.
Dunamis-Icon Limited is the rights owner and organisers of the Niger Delta Games, sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The opening ceremony has been scheduled for tomorrow , February 20 and the games will run through to 27th.Bayelsa State emerged champions at the first edition held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in 2025.
