Athletes lament poor accommodation, blackout at sports festival

•We gave visiting teams money to buy fuel –Okowa

With over 14,000 athletes competing at the ongoing 21st National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State, some participants at the Games have raised concerns over accommodation, electricity and transportation arrangements at the event tagged ‘Nigeria’s Olympics.’

There were concerns over whether Delta could host the largest number of participants ever at the national event, at the scheduled date, but the state completed the facilities for the event in record time, to the admiration of sports minister Sunday Dare and sports-loving Nigerians.

However, in separate chats with our correspondent, some of the participants rued the poor arrangement on ground for their contingents.