Chief Host and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde
Fashola SAN (3rd right) hoisting the Lagos State Flag during the
Hoisting of State,s and Game,s Flags of the 18th National Sports
Festival at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos on Saturday,
November 3, 2012. With him are: Deputy Governor, Hon. (Mrs) Adejoke
Orelope-Adefulire (2nd right), Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social
Development, Mr. Enitan Oshodi (2nd left) and Secretary-General, Local
Organising Committee of the 18th NSF, Dr Kweka Tandoh (left).
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Newsonline-- Having gone round the country in the last few weeks, the
torch of unity for the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012
will on Saturday arrives Lagos.
According to the Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the torch, which began its journey from Abuja in September is expected to touch down in Lagos on Sunday in readiness for the commencement of the festival next Tuesday.
The
LOC boss, who is also Lagos State Deputy Governor, added that being an
aquatic state, the torch will arrive through the sea and the state’s
number one citizen, Governor Babatunde Fashola, would receive it.
“I want to say that by this Saturday, November 24, the unity torch will arrive Lagos through the sea and it will be received by Governor Babatunde Fashola amid pomp and pageantry because for us in Lagos, we are known as an aquatic state. It will take place at Marina where our cultural endowment will be on display for the people to enjoy,” she said.
The torch was received by the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun on Tuesday having visited other states of the federation including the FCT.
In Ogun, it was received by the South West coordinator for the festival, Steve Olarinoye, who later handed it to the governor at the MKO Abiola international stadium Abeokuta
The torch of unity was received with joy by the state executives led by the governor as well as sport lovers in the state.
Amosun said the torch symbolises love and unity and the spirit of sportsmanship amongst Nigerians.
He however, charged Team Ogun to excel in the competitions, with assurance that they would get the necessary encouragement to excel at the games.
The torch will sail from Ogun State to Lagos as its final destination for the festival.
Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola and Minister of Sports/ Chairman, National Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Abdullahi will be among the dignitaries that will grace today’s one-day seminar for the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012.
His deputy and Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire as well as the crème-de-crème in the Nigerian sports circle will join Fashola, who is the chief host.
The Minister is the special guest of honour with Chief Executive Officer of the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup Director, Danny Jordaan as well as Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Development, International Olympic Committee (IOC), Ganda Sithole, among the speakers expected to deliver papers at the event holding at Muson Centre at Onikan, Lagos.
Also, a lecturer from the University of Kent, United Kingdom (UK), Dr. Sakis Pappous will also be among the speakers.
According to the LOC Secretary General, Kweku Tandoh, the essence of the seminar was to raise the profile of sports in Nigeria through mutual understanding and collaboration.
“The seminar is an international sport gathering, which will discuss how to raise the profile of sports in Nigeria through mutual understanding and collaboration and looks at sports within the context of social development and economics. What we are trying to achieve with the seminar is to use the opportunity of the number of people and sports administrators that would be in Lagos during the festival to brain storm on the very important aspect of hosting a sporting event that we believe should be brought into the limelight in Nigeria. What are the legacies of hosting sporting events for the hosting cities? In most countries, you find out those cities that host events have legacies, but in Nigeria, a month or two after the event, you find out that there is hardly any impression that has been created in the minds or pockets of the people of the states that hosted that festival.
So we want to look at the benefits and legacies of hosting a sporting event. The linkages between sports and tourism, sports and business, sports and science, so that at the end of the day, we can come up with solutions that will create an ongoing structural readjustment in sports and that is why we are bringing these international sports administrators.”
He added that some top administrators in the country would also be delivering and leading breakout sessions during the seminar.
According to the Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the torch, which began its journey from Abuja in September is expected to touch down in Lagos on Sunday in readiness for the commencement of the festival next Tuesday.
The
LOC boss, who is also Lagos State Deputy Governor, added that being an
aquatic state, the torch will arrive through the sea and the state’s
number one citizen, Governor Babatunde Fashola, would receive it.“I want to say that by this Saturday, November 24, the unity torch will arrive Lagos through the sea and it will be received by Governor Babatunde Fashola amid pomp and pageantry because for us in Lagos, we are known as an aquatic state. It will take place at Marina where our cultural endowment will be on display for the people to enjoy,” she said.
The torch was received by the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun on Tuesday having visited other states of the federation including the FCT.
In Ogun, it was received by the South West coordinator for the festival, Steve Olarinoye, who later handed it to the governor at the MKO Abiola international stadium Abeokuta
The torch of unity was received with joy by the state executives led by the governor as well as sport lovers in the state.
Amosun said the torch symbolises love and unity and the spirit of sportsmanship amongst Nigerians.
He however, charged Team Ogun to excel in the competitions, with assurance that they would get the necessary encouragement to excel at the games.
The torch will sail from Ogun State to Lagos as its final destination for the festival.
Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola and Minister of Sports/ Chairman, National Sports Commission (NSC), Bolaji Abdullahi will be among the dignitaries that will grace today’s one-day seminar for the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012.
His deputy and Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire as well as the crème-de-crème in the Nigerian sports circle will join Fashola, who is the chief host.
The Minister is the special guest of honour with Chief Executive Officer of the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup Director, Danny Jordaan as well as Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Development, International Olympic Committee (IOC), Ganda Sithole, among the speakers expected to deliver papers at the event holding at Muson Centre at Onikan, Lagos.
Also, a lecturer from the University of Kent, United Kingdom (UK), Dr. Sakis Pappous will also be among the speakers.
According to the LOC Secretary General, Kweku Tandoh, the essence of the seminar was to raise the profile of sports in Nigeria through mutual understanding and collaboration.
“The seminar is an international sport gathering, which will discuss how to raise the profile of sports in Nigeria through mutual understanding and collaboration and looks at sports within the context of social development and economics. What we are trying to achieve with the seminar is to use the opportunity of the number of people and sports administrators that would be in Lagos during the festival to brain storm on the very important aspect of hosting a sporting event that we believe should be brought into the limelight in Nigeria. What are the legacies of hosting sporting events for the hosting cities? In most countries, you find out those cities that host events have legacies, but in Nigeria, a month or two after the event, you find out that there is hardly any impression that has been created in the minds or pockets of the people of the states that hosted that festival.
So we want to look at the benefits and legacies of hosting a sporting event. The linkages between sports and tourism, sports and business, sports and science, so that at the end of the day, we can come up with solutions that will create an ongoing structural readjustment in sports and that is why we are bringing these international sports administrators.”
He added that some top administrators in the country would also be delivering and leading breakout sessions during the seminar.
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