Edo State has threatened to end the National Sports Festival, over the failure of the Federal Government to release funds, for the event.
Ebomhiana Musa, Coordinator of Media and Publicity, disclosed this in an official statement after a meeting of the Local Organizing Committee, on Wednesday.
He said the LOC went ahead with the games due to the promise by the Federal Government that funds will be released to them.
He noted that the on going event will be brought to an end if the government fails to release money before 12:00 PM, Thursday.
“…Regrettably, the FG is yet to redeem its pledge to support us as the host state financially for the cost of postponements. So, we are left with no option but to end the games…” he said.
“The Local Organising Committee, Edo2020 regrets to announce that it will end the games abruptly today, Thursday, April 8, 2021, for lack of funds,” he added.
