In its efforts to host a successful National Sports Festival, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has inaugurated 17 sub-committees.
The committees were inaugurated by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry and Chairman, Main Organising Committee, Olusade Adesola, on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the inauguration was a milestone in hosting the festival and said the members were carefully selected.
Adesola said: “With about 6 months to the festival and considering the enormous task involved in the organisation of a Games of this magnitude, the Main Organising Committee decided to set up relevant sub-committees to achieve its mandate.
“The 17 sub-committee members were chosen based on competence, exposure and commitment to successful delivery of assignments.
“I am proud of the caliber of persons that make up the sub-committees and I have no doubt in my mind that we will have a good Games.”
In his acceptance speech, the Chairman, Games Services Sub-Committee and Director Grassroots Sports Development, Dr Ademola Are, thanked the permanent secretary for the confidence reposed in the members.
He promised on behalf of other sub-committee members to deliver an excellent Games.
Earlier, the Secretary, of the Main Organising Committee and Director Planning, Monitoring and Implementation, Hauwa Kulu-Akinyemi, noted that the festival, tagged: “Abuja 2018’’, which suffered several postponements and uncertainties had finally become a reality.
Akinyemi thanked the National Council on Sports for its decision to move the festival to Abuja.
He said: “This inauguration will further lend credence to the Federal Government’s determination to save the National Sports Festival from extinction as a result of the apathy of states to host the Games.”
The 17 sub-committees are Accommodation, Accreditation, Anti-Doping, Feeding, Finance, Games Services, Games Village/Management, Publicity and Communications, Medical, Marketing/Sponsorship, Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Protocol.
Others are: Security, Transport, Torch of Unity, Venues and Facilities and Zonal Eliminations.
The event took place at the Media Centre of the Abuja National Stadium.
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