“To me, cancelling the National Sports Festival with less than three days to its commencement will surely affect the athletes psychologically. The only problem I had with the cancellation was that it was too close to the commencement of the festival. At Makurdi ’96 edition of the National Sports Festival, Alozie emerged as one of the star athletes after winning a gold medal for Abia State in the 100m hurdles. “In a way, the National Sports Festival is our own Olympic Games, and many athletes look up to it with a lot of excitement. “I am sure a lot of athletes will be disappointed with the sudden postponement of the festival.

Source: The Guardian March 19, 2020 03:56 UTC