Obaseki lights unity torch of Edo Sports Festival

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By Joy Odigie
Benin, Jan. 15, 2020 (NAN) Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Wednesday in Benin lit the torch of unity of the Edo State Sports Festival to signify the symbolic commencement of the festival.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mrs Anehita Emeya, the Vice-Chairman of Team Edo, presented the torch to the governor at Government House in Benin.

Receiving the torch which symbolises love, unity, and source of peace and beauty, Obaseki said: “I have the unique pleasure to light up the Edo state sports festival unity torch”.

The governor then handed over the torch to his deputy, Phillip Shaibu, who passed it on to the Chairman, Edo State Sports Commission, Godwin Dudu-Orumen.

NAN also reports that the chairman handed it over to athletes, who would thereafter take it round the state’s 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs).

The state sports festival is expected to begin on Feb. 10 and it is being organised to select athletes who will represent the state during the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF).

The 20th NSF is scheduled to begin on March 20 in Benin.(NAN)
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(Edited by Johnson Eyiangho and Olawale Alabi)