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In a landmark stride for nationwide sports activities improvement, the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) has formally secured Bayelsa State and Kaduna State as hosts for the 2028 and 2030 editions of the Nationwide Sports activities Competition (NSF).
The announcement marks two main milestones:
Bayelsa State will host the pageant for the primary time in historical past in 2028.
Kaduna State will host once more in 2030—its third time after efficiently staging the occasion in 1977 and 2009.
Director Normal of the NSC, Hon. Bukola Olopade, described the affirmation of two future host states as a powerful indicator of the renewed attraction and credibility of the nation’s greatest home sporting occasion.
He stated each states demonstrated “full dedication and readiness to stage the pageant at world-class requirements.”
Based on Olopade, this progress represents a transparent shift from previous years when the NSF struggled for construction, recognition, and sustainability.
“We’re glad that we now have made the Sports activities Competition enticing once more, the place states at the moment are displaying severe curiosity to host. That is on account of how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has prioritised the Sports activities sector beneath his administration.”
He emphasised that securing 2028 and 2030 hosts aligns completely with the Fee’s RHINSE – Renewed Hope Initiative for Nigeria’s Sports activities Financial system, geared toward revamping the pageant’s construction, organisation, and international standardization.
Olopade recalled that the 2025 Nationwide Sports activities Competition in Ogun State was broadly thought to be “the perfect ever”, however assured that the bar can be raised even larger with the following editions.
“We’re elevating the bar additional with the 2026 Video games in Enugu, and now the 2028 and 2030 Video games in Bayelsa and Kaduna States respectively.”
With long-term internet hosting plans secured, the NSC says Nigeria is ready for a brand new period of structured, aggressive, and professionally organized Nationwide Sports activities Festivals
