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The continued silence of the Edo State Government and the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development over the hosting of the National Sports Festival, which had been rescheduled to hold next month, is giving the country’s athletes cause for concern.
The National Council on Sports had after its meeting February 8, moved the festival, which was initially set to hold between February 14 and 28, to April.
The festival was postponed after Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, stated that the state didn’t have the funds to host the event.
The PUNCH had reported that the Federal Government and the Edo State Government made a joint proposal for the festival, tagged Edo 2020, to be held from either April 8 to 22 or April 10 to 22.
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Dare, an indigene of the state in a statement said, “For several months, residents have watched with concern as the security situation in our beloved state degenerated. Troubling accounts about killings, kidnappings and herdsmen/ farmers conflicts abound.
“Like the people of Oyo State, I expected Governor Makinde to act prudently but with reasonable dispatch to quell the insecurity before it got out of hands. We all waited for proactive steps and responses from the state authority, but the waiting has certainly been in vain.
“Yet, Oyo State, with its population and strategic location in the Southwest political and economic equation, should not be allowed to fall into a deadly security malaise, for trouble will not be limited to the state alone because it can spread to other states given our strategic importance and position.”
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