The Minister of Youth and Sports Development on Tuesday in a series of tweets has disclosed the postponement of the National Sports Festival billed to kick off on March 22 due to the current coronavirus plaguing the world at the moment.
It was said that Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari approved the postponement of the National Sports Festival which was scheduled to take place in Edo state as a precautionary move against the spread of COVID -19. Dare said he held a meeting with the Ministers of Health, and a few other experts at the Health Ministry to review the COVID-19 situation vis-a-vis Edo 2020 Sports festival towards making a decision on the postponement.
