The Edo Government on Saturday in Benin said it had acquired a total of 11,500 hand sanitisers for athletes and officials during the upcoming National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged “Edo 2020’’.
The Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, who is Chairman of the festival’s Local Organising Committee (LOC), disclosed this to newsmen while speaking on the state’s readiness to host the historic festival.
“For the LOC, we have procured 11,500 pieces of hand sanitisers which will be used by all the athletes and officials that will be at the festival.
“And, also, we have set up hand-washing stations in all the events’ centres and hotels which will be used for the festival.
“Also, we have 15 entry points’ screening centres which we are setting up for all the teams that will be in Edo. They all have to go through proper screening at these entry points.
“We will be monitoring the state contingents as they arrive in Edo. We are going to screen the members of all the contingents before they have access to the city and the Games Village where they will be accommodated.
“We will commence daily screening for all the athletes and officials before every event. We have two isolation wards that we have put in place for possible eventualities.’’
He said the discussion was ongoing with the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development and the festival’s Main Organising Committee (MOC) on the need to have foreign athletes participating in Edo 2020.
