BREAKING: FG Postpones National Sports Festival Over Coronavirus

As more stringent preventive measures are being put in place to curb the spread of the deadly COVID-19 in Nigeria,  the Federal Government in a bid to reinforce these commitments has postponed the 2020 National Sports Festival expected to hold in Edo State.

The Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, made this known in a series of tweets on Tuesday.

He said the postponement was caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

“Following the briefing of Mr. President from myself and the Minister of State for Health on COVID 19, Mr. President approved the immediate postponement of Edo Sports festival to a future date,” he tweeted.

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