The Local Organising Committee of the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012 has invited the CEO of the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup, Danny Jordaan, and Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Development, International Olympic Committee, Ganda Sithole, alongside other international sports administrators to deliver papers in a one-day seminar on Thursday at the Muson Centre, Lagos ahead of the game.
A lecturer from the University of Kent , United Kingdom , Dr. Sakis Pappous, will also be among the speakers, while the special guest of honour will the Minister of Sports/ Chairman, National Sports Commission, Bolaji Abdullahi. The chief host of the event is Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola.
According to the LOC Secretary General, Kweku Tandoh, the essence of the seminar would be to raise the profile of sports in Nigeria through mutual understanding and collaboration.
Tandoh said, "The seminar is an international sport gathering which will discuss how to raise the profile of sports in Nigeria through mutual understanding and collaboration. It will look at sports within the context of social development and economics.
"What we are trying to achieve with the seminar is to use the opportunity of the number of people and sports administrators that will be in Lagos during the festival to brainstorm on the very important aspect of hosting a sporting event that we believe should be brought into the limelight in Nigeria."
