Edo state government on Thursday shut down the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Main Organising Committee (MOC) offices of the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival holding in Benin City.
The move was made following the Federal government through the Ministry of Youth & Sports Development refusal to release its counter funding for the games
Edo had earlier stated on Wednesday’s night that it might be forced to discontinue the almost one-week old NSF due to paucity of funds.
Addressing journalists inside the media centre at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, the Deputy Governor Phillip Shuaibu said the decision to shut down the LOC and MOC offices was because the state can no longer foot the bill of the NSF without the financial of the Federal government.
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