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Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City After the furore generated by the Edo State Government’s threat to shut down the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival in Benin City if the counterpart funding expected from the Federal Government was not released by noon yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari is believed to have intervened in the matter. On Wednesday night, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the festival headed by Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, issued a statement that it could no longer go ahead with picking all the bills in connection with the hosting and that if by Thursday afternoon the state government did not receive the promised funds from Abuja, it was going to end the festival abruptly.

Abuja federal capital territoryEdo statePhilip shaibuIbrahim agboola gambariMusa ebomhianaAdibe emenyonuGodwin obasekiMuhammadu buhariYemi osinbajoNational sports festivalMain organising committeeCommunications of edoGovernment of the federationEdo state governmentBenin cityFederal government