Organisers of the maiden Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF) have announced a slight adjustment in the programme of the festival with the extension of deadline for registration from February 28 to March 7.
Speaking during the daily briefing to members of the technical committee and states’ liaison committees, co-chairman of the technical committee, Enefiok Udo-Obong, attributed the extension to a surge in requests from states that have been affected by the zonal qualifiers of the National Sports Festival (NSF).

He said: “Dear Gentlemen and ladies, due to the request of a lot of states and the participation of states at the zonal eliminations for NSF, we have decided to make some changes to our calendar.

“Registration would now be extended by a week and would close on March 7, 2025.”The shift has in turn meant that the dates for the local council and constituency trials would also be adjusted.

Udo-Obong informed state liaison committee members that they would be provided names of registered persons in their state and the Sports entered for on March 9, 2025.

“Consequently, all Federal Constituency/LG trials will take place between March 11 and 15 2025,” he said. Udo-Obong said that the adjustments will not affect the festival schedule, assuring that: “We are still within our schedule to start the trials and open the festival on April 1, 2025.” Over 3000 athletes competing for medals in 17 sports are expected from the nine NDDC mandate states.

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