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  • Eko 2012 medical report will be released soon – CMD

    Eko 2012 medical report will be released soon – CMD

     

    The Chief Medical Director of the just-concluded 18th National Sport Festival (NSF) in Lagos, Dr. Akin George, said a comprehensive medical report of activities at the games will be released soon.

    George told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that proper documentation of medical activities at the festival would take time to compile because the relevant officials would come from the various centres where they were deployed to.

    According to him, all centres have been urged to ensure that reports were properly collated to serve as guide for future events.

    “We have been able to gather the data from all the venues now, which as I have shown you, they are being analysed for a proper documentation.

    “And I think this will take some time because you can imagine the number of people that we have seen.

    “A place like UNILAG sees an average of 150 patients a day, throughout the competition.

    “Even up to this morning when the camps are supposed to have been closed, we still had people coming in, I had to tell them that the festival was over and we have to go back to our various institutions to do our normal work.

    “You will get the proper analysis of this when they are ready,” George told NAN.

     

  • Eko 2012: LOC pledges adequate food supply for contingents

    Eko 2012: LOC pledges adequate food supply for contingents

    The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the ongoing 18th National Sport Festival in Lagos on Wednesday pledged adequate food supply for contingents at the various Games’ Villages.

    Oluyomi Oluwasanmi, Secretary, Catering and Feeding Sub-Committee of the LOC, made the pledge during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

    Oluwasanmi, who was reacting to alleged food shortages at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, assured that the issue had been resolved.

    “The alleged shortage of food at the FCE Games Village, as well as other locations, are due to the unexpected increase in the number of contingents at the Villages.

    “For instance the LOC made provision for the feeding of 300 athletes at the FCE, but the number has more than doubled due to the inclusion of Ogun and Abuja contingents at the village,“ Oluwasanmi said.

    NAN reports that contingents at the FCE before the intervention of the LOC, have been feeding at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Games Village, due to shortage of food at the FCE.

    NAN learnt that the shortage of food at the FCE Games Village was due to the large number of contingents at the village, who now turned out to be much more than the volume of food provided there.

    “The increase at the FCE was due to the unexpected addition of about 400 athletes from Ogun and Abuja.

    “The two contingents were not initially scheduled to stay at the FCE, but at the Yaba College of Technology, Yaba,” she said.

    Oluwasanmi added that the two contingents had since been relocated to the FCE, since they reportedly said that they would prefer to be at the FCE Games Village.

    The secretary said that two more caterers were being added to the four already at the FCE, to ensure adequate provision of food for the excess number of contingents now at the village.

    The four caterers at the FCE village are: Mrs Rita Moyo of Riyo Ventures Ltd., Mrs Kehinde Majekodunmi, of Ketis Outlook Catering Services, Mrs Abosede Bademosi of D.T.S. Catering Services and Mrs Kikelomo Giwati of Kyke-Fem Catering Ventures.

    They all told NAN that the LOC had charged them to prepare food for a specific number of contingents at the village, but that the unexpected upsurge in the number of contingents at the village was beyond their capacity. (NAN)

  • Eko 2012: Team Gombe hits Lagos today

    Eko 2012: Team Gombe hits Lagos today

    •Athletes to wear customized tracks

    A 400-MAN Team Gombe is expected to arrive Lagos for the 18th National Sports Festival which kicks off on Monday.

    Mallam Farouk Yarma, Chariman Gombe State Sports Commission informed SportingLife on Saturday.

    “The football and traditional team left for Lagos early Saturday as the other ahtletes had to meet with his Excellency, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwanbo (OON)for his farewell speech. “So two directors and a total of 368 athletes are due to arrive the ‘Centre for Excellence’ before the end of today.”

    The vibrant sports administrator while speaking further informed that:”Eko 2012 will witness a brand new Team Gombe as she will vie for medals in 16 sporting events.

    “The events are both team and individaul.

    “Despite our athlete not under any ppressure to win, the state is looking forward for a better outing this time around unlike in the last edition in Port-Harcourt where we did not register a medal. “Team Gombe will also be dorning customized tracks and suits during the 12 days events.”

  • Jonathan to preside over Eko 2012 flag hoisting

    Jonathan to preside over Eko 2012 flag hoisting

    The Local Organising Committee of the 18th National Sports Festival said on Thursday that President Goodluck Jonathan had been scheduled to lead Saturday’s flag hoisting ceremony for the festival in Lagos.

    The festival, tagged “Eko 2012” is scheduled for November27 to December 9 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.

    According to a statement signed by Kweku Tandoh, the Secretary of the committee, in Lagos, Jonathan will be joined by the 36 state governors and the FCT minister.

    ‘’The event symbolises the participation of all the federating units that make up Nigeria in the forthcoming festival.

    “On Saturday, November 3, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State would be hosting Mr. President and all the other state governors at the flag hoisting ceremony.

    ‘’The importance of this is to confirm the participation of all the states and to show that the festival is about the unity of Nigeria as one entity,” the News Agency of Nigeria quoted Tandoh as saying in the statement.

    The statement said that 11,000 athletes were expected to participate in the fiesta.

    Based on initial registration figures, the LOC envisaged a maximum of 11,500 athletes, but the number is expected to drop after the zonal elimination, where some state teams failed to qualify, the statement added.

     

  • Eko 2012: Ondo satisfied with 8 slots for ball games

    Eko 2012: Ondo satisfied with 8 slots for ball games

    The Ondo State Sports Council said it was satisfied that the state qualified in eight of the10 ball games that would feature at the 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state secured the spots at the conclusion of the National Sports Council (NSC) South-West Zone II elimination in Ado-Ekiti on Friday.

    Ondo will represent the zone, which has Osun and Ekiti, in the male and female categories of the volleyball, handball and abula events as well as the female hockey and basketball competitions.

    The council’s General Manager, Mrs Idowu Akinbulumo, told NAN in Akure on Tuesday that the contingent appreciated the government’s investment in them with brilliant performances.

    “The state government has invested a lot in sports and the brilliant performance of Team Ondo to the zonal trials is the reward it has to show to the world. Our athletes claimed eight out of the 10 events already decided in Ado- Ekiti which is a fantastic result for us at the sports council. We hope to build on the zonal elimination result and prepare well for the National Sports Festival in Lagos from Nov. 27 to Dec. 9,’’ she said.

    According to Akinbulumo, the football event will be decided at a later date to be communicated to the council by the NSC zonal office. NAN reports that the male teams from Ekiti booked their places in the basketball and hockey events at the elimination.

  • EKO 2012: LOC takes delivery of five vehicles

    EKO 2012: LOC takes delivery of five vehicles

    THE Local Organising Committee the 18th National Sports Spestival (NSF) yesterday took delivery of five vehicles that will aid the successful hosting of the festival slated between November and December this year.

    The vehicles were presented by the Managing Director, Alliance Auto Nigeria Limited, Regis Tromeur at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. These included three cars, a truck and one 16 sitter ovan bus.

    Receiving the vehicles on behalf of the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Adejoke Orelope Adefulere, the Commissioner for sports, Enitan Oshodi said gestures such as these will gear other corpoprate bodies in the state to come on board.

    He said: “The state alone cannot host the festival. It is with the support coming from corporate organisations like that will help the state host a successful festival. This is positive because it will help make the work of the LOC easier and effective.”

    In his response, Tromeur said realisation the potential of sports as a tool to reach personal, community, national, and international development objectives, it requires the support and involvement of all stakeholders.

    “As official car sponsors of Eko 2012 games, we announce our sponsorship of the games with five Nissan vehicles and we hope that this gesture will encourage other organisations to partner with the LOC, the Lagos State government and the National Sports Commission (NSC).

    “We acknowledge the hard work being put into the organisation of the games by the Secretary General of the LOC, Kweku Tando and his team, it is our hope that our relationship with the LOC will be further strengthened,” he said.

  • Eko 2012: MOC okays preparation as zonal qualifiers kick off

    AFTER inspecting facilities designated for the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012, the Main Organising Committee (MOC) has expressed satisfaction with the level of preparation by Lagos State.

    The MOC led by its Secretary-General, Abba Yola told journalists after inspecting venues such as Onikan Stadium, Rowe Park Sports Centre and Teslim Balogun Stadium that he was satisfied with the level of work being carried out at the venues.

    He, however, urged the Local Organising Committee (LOC) to ensure that work is speeded up in all the venues in order to ensure that the facilities are fully ready for the festival in November. The MOC scribe said: The Onikan stadium renovations are going on well, the only problem is the pitch and I think they need more hands to remove the weeds that are growing there so that they can plant the grass and beautify the place.

    Also, removing the weeds is not something that a machine can do, so they would need more manpower in removing the weeds. Aside from that, I think work there is going on well and the manager has promised that we would get results by the end of the month. We would be getting in touch with the contractor to ensure that more people are employed to do this so that they can meet up with the timeline.

    He added: “The work at Rowe Park is moving on well because I can see that they have done about 70 per cent of the job and I am particularly impressed with the facilities put in place for the physically-challenged athletes that would be taking part in the games. Teslim Balogun Stadium is going on very well and I am quite impressed with the facilities on ground, all they need to do now is make some minor adjustments and the stadium is ready for the games.”

    He however, said: The renovations are going on well, just that things have to move fasters because of the lack of time. We have been assured by the people in charge that by the end of the month renovations would be almost done. The renovation of the secretariat, I can say is 99 per cent complete; all the offices are set and all the equipments needed are in place and I have to commend the LOC Secretary-General for his efforts in seeing that things are up and running.”

    For the LOC scribe, Kweku Tandoh, the renovation work would be completed as at when due.