Commonwealth Games Queens baton relay to arrive Nigeria

The Queens Baton for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is scheduled to arrive Abuja on Monday and would be received by officials of the Nigerian Olympic Committee and members of the 2014 Commonwealth Games Queens Baton Relay Committee.
The Baton is usually taken across all Commonwealth Countries to signify the commencement of preparations of the Commonwealth Games.
Its last point of call before arriving Nigeria was Ghana, where it was paraded in Accra and Kumasi.
According to the itinerary released by the Organizing Committee, the Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, will receive the Baton alongside diplomats from Commonwealth countries accredited to Nigeria.
Thereafter, the Motorcade will proceed to the Presidential Villa where the Baton will be handed to the Minister/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, who will then present the Baton to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
The event is expected to climax at the State H,ouse with remarks from the President, who will hand it over to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, for a procession through the Federal Capital Territory.
The seven-member Queen Baton bearers, led by Sharad Rao, Commonwealth Games Federation representative, is billed to depart Nigeria on January 8, 2014.