28 June 2011
All is set for the departure of the 274-man FCT contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival (NSF) which begins on July 3 in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital.
Musa Alim, the FCT Director of Sports, said the contingent, made up of 192 athletes and 82 officials, would leave Abuja for Port Harcourt yesterday.
Alim said that Dr Nathaniel Olunrufemi, the Permanent Secretary in the FCT, would address the athletes and officials at the Area 10 Sports Complex before their departure on Monday morning.
He said that all logistic arrangements for the athletes and officials had been made available for their smooth participation in the festival.
“We have concluded our preparations for the festival; our athletes and officials have been in camp at the Area 10 Sports Complex preparing for the festival.
“Our contingent of 274 athletes, which is the largest, comprises 134 males and 58 females as well as 82 officials,” Alim said.
He said the contingent was large because the FCT was participating in 19 sports and also representing the North Central Zone in some events such as football and volleyball.
Alim said the directive to the contingent was to be among the best 10 at the festival. The FCT occupied the 15th position in the last edition of the festival held in Kaduna in 2009.
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