Participants at the ongoing National Council on Sports in Calabar, Cross River State have resolved that the 19th National Sports Festival be held in Calabar from November 8 to 21, 2016.
They also resolved that the second edition of the National Youth Games be hosted by the University of Ilorin in Kwara State, with 22 sports on the bill.
They made the proposal on Saturday after deliberating on separate memorandum presented by the Cross River State Government and the Grassroots Sports Development Directorate of the National Sports Commission.
Dr. Ademola Are, the Director Grassroots Sports, had told the technical session of the council held at the Tinapa Resort that Unilorin had proposed a date for the games
Are also urged states to develop grassroots sports by organising events at least in one sport annually, adding that the games were conceived as an event to balance sports, culture and education.
He said the games’ objectives included building a robust grassroots talent pool as well as enhancing and elevating sports globally and regionally.
He told the session that the national youth games also had the objective of establishing a standard programme for athletes’ succession from one generation to another.
Asu Okang, the Cross River State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, said no less than eight venues had been slated for the “Paradise Games”.
Okang also said no less than 27 sports were slated for the games.
The technical session was chaired by Alhassan Yakmut, the Director-General of the National Sports Commission.
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